Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Shemaiah
(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.)
Shemariah
(kept by Jehovah).
•A Benjamite warrior who came to David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:5) (B.C. 1054.)
•One of the family of Harim, a lay man of Israel who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra.
(Ezra 10:32) (B.C. 658.)
•Another who did the same. (Ezra 10:41)
Shemeber
(lofty flight), king of Zeboim, and ally of the king of Sodom when he was attacked by
Chedorlaomer. (B.C. 1912.)
Shemer

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