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Shemaiah

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The source enumerates 18 distinct subjects under Shemaiah. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
  2. 2.Neh.
  3. 3.A Simeonite (1 Chr.
  4. 4.A priest (Neh.
  5. 5.A Levite (1 Chr.
  6. 6.1 Chr.
  7. 7.A Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the…
  8. 8.A Levite (1 Chr.
  9. 9.The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr.
  10. 10.A Levite (2 Chr.
  11. 11.A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh.
  12. 12.A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh.
  13. 13.A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer.
  14. 14.One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr.
  15. 15.A Levite appointed to “distribute the oblations of the Lord” (2 Chr.
  16. 16.A Levite (2 Chr.
  17. 17.The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer.
  18. 18.The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer.

Whom Jehovah heard.

  1. Shemaiah (1)

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    A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).

  2. Shemaiah (2)

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    Neh. 3:29.

  3. Shemaiah (3)

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    A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37).

  4. Shemaiah (4)

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    A priest (Neh. 12:42).

  5. Shemaiah (5)

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    A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16).

  6. Shemaiah (6)

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    1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15.

  7. Shemaiah (7)

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    A Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (1 Chr. 15:8).

  8. Shemaiah (8)

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    A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6).

  9. Shemaiah (9)

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    The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8).

  10. Shemaiah (10)

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    A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14).

  11. Shemaiah (11)

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    A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10).

  12. Shemaiah (12)

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    A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36).

  13. Shemaiah (13)

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    A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32).

  14. Shemaiah (14)

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    One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8).

  15. Shemaiah (15)

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    A Levite appointed to “distribute the oblations of the Lord” (2 Chr. 31:15).

  16. Shemaiah (16)

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    A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9).

  17. Shemaiah (17)

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    The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20).

  18. Shemaiah (18)

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    The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(heard by Jehovah).

A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam’s reign. (2 Chronicles 12:5,15) The son of Shechaniah, among the descendants of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:23; Nehemiah 3:28) A prince of the tribe of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:27) Son of Joel, Reubenite. (1 Chronicles 5:4) (B.C. after 1706.) Son of Hasshub, a Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15) Father of Obadiah or Abda, a Levite. (1 Chronicles 9:16) Son of Elizaphan, and chief of his house in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 15:8,11) (B.C. 1043.) A Levite, son of Nethaneel and also a scribe in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 24:6) (B.C. 1014.) The eldest son of Obed-edom the Gittite. (1 Chronicles 26:4,6,7) (B.C. 1014.) A descendant of Jeduthun the singer who lived in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:14) One of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 5:13) One of Ezra’s messengers. (Ezra 8:16) A priest of the family of Harim, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra’s bidding. (Ezra 10:21) (B.C. 455.) A layman of Israel son of another Harim, who had also married a foreigner. (Ezra 10:31) (B.C. 458.) Son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, a prophet in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 6:10) (B.C. 446.) The head of a priestly house who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:8; 12:6,18) (B.C. 410.) One of the princes of Judah at the time of the dedication of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 12:34) One of the choir on the same occasion. (Nehemiah 12:38) A priest. (Nehemiah 12:42) A false prophet in the time of Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 29:24-32) A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 17:8) (B.C. 909.) A Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:15) (B.C. 726.) A Levite in the reign of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 35:9) (B.C. 628.) The father of Urijah of Kirjath-jearim. (Jeremiah 26:20) (B.C. before 608.) The father of Delaiah. (Jeremiah 36:12) (B.C. before 605.)

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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