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Shechaniah
(dweller with Jehovah).
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A descendant of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21,22) Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:3) The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. 459.) The son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam. (Ezra 10:2) The father of Shemaiah, 2. (Nehemiah 3:29) The son of Arah. (Nehemiah 6:18) The head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:3)
(dweller with Jehovah).
The tenth in order of the priests who were appointed by lot in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 24:11) (B.C. 1014.) A priest in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:15) (B.C. 925.)
In the Bible
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Verses where Shechaniah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 3:21
The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:22
The six descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.
- Ezra 8:3
of the descendants of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;
- Ezra 8:5
from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;
- Ezra 10:2
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
- Nehemiah 3:29
Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
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Scripture on Shechaniah
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Shechaniah references
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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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