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Shebaniah
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 4 distinct subjects under Shebaniah. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Whom Jehovah hides, or has made grow up.
Shebaniah (1)
#A Levite appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark of God (1 Chr. 15:24).
Shebaniah (2)
#Another Levite (Neh. 9:4, 5).
Shebaniah (3)
#A priest (Neh. 10:12).
Shebaniah (4)
#A Levite (Neh. 10:4).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(increased by Jehovah).
A Levite in the time of Ezra. (Nehemiah 9:4,5) He sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:10) (B.C. 459.) A priest or priestly family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:4; 12:14) Called Shechaniah, Shechaniah in (Nehemiah 12:3) Another Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:12) One of the priests appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God. (1 Chronicles 15:24) (B.C. 1043.)
In the Bible
7
Verses where Shebaniah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 15:24
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
- Nehemiah 9:4
And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
- Nehemiah 9:5
Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Nehemiah 10:4
Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
- Nehemiah 10:10
and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
- Nehemiah 10:12
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
+1 more verse naming Shebaniah.
Scripture on Shebaniah
4
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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