(4.) Father of one of those who accused Jeremiah to Zedekiah (Jeremiah
37:3; 38:1).
(5.) Father of a captain of the ward (Jeremiah 37:13).
(6.) Jeremiah 36:14.
- SHEM a name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah (Genesis
5:32; 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah’s sons. The words
“brother of Japheth the elder” in Genesis 10:21 are more correctly
rendered “the elder brother of Japheth,” as in the Revised Version. Shem’s
name is generally mentioned first in the list of Noah’s sons. He and his
wife were saved in the ark (7:13). Noah foretold his preeminence over
Canaan (9:23-27). He died at the age of six hundred years, having been for
many years contemporary with Abraham, according to the usual
chronology. The Israelitish nation sprang from him (Genesis 11:10-26; 1
Chronicles 1:24-27). - SHEMA rumour. (1.) A Reubenite (1 Chronicles 5:8).
(2.) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:13).
(3.) One who stood by Ezra when he read the law (Nehemiah 8:4).
(4.) A town in the south of Judah (Joshua 15:26); the same as Sheba (ver.
5).
- SHEMAAH rumour, a Benjamite whose sons “came to David to Ziklag”
(1 Chronicles 12:3). - SHEMAIAH whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of
Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
(2.) Nehemiah 3:29.
(3.) A Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:37).
(4.) A priest (Nehemiah 12:42).
(5.) A Levite (1 Chronicles 9:16).
(6.) 1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15.
(7.) 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 Chronicles
15:8).