Shemaiah
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah
the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell
among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I
will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught
rebellion against the LORD....
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And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word
of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled
themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will
grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured
out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak....
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Sh'maya is a Hebrew from "shem" and "aya": Sky,
figuratively, the height or farthest extent of anything.
From the particle shem, deriving from the ancient Semitic
root ShM -name, light, sound, vibration, atmosphere. The -
aya ending indicates that it is without limit. Another more
common meaning is "Listen to God". It has been referred to
othe...
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Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah
the son of Mehetabeel, who [was] shut up; and he said, Let us
meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let
us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay
thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee....
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she-ma'-ya, she-mi'-a (shema`yah (in 2 Ch 11:2; 17:8; 31:15;
35:9; Jer 26:20; 29:24; 36:12, shema`yahu), "Jahveh hears"):
The name is most frequently borne by priests, Levites and
prophets.
(1) Codex Vaticanus Sammaias; Codex Alexandrinus Samaias (2
Ch 12:5,7). A prophet who, together with Ahijah, protested
against Rehoboam's contemplated war ...
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-1. A prophet in the time of Rehoboam
Prevents Rehoboam from war with Jeroboam
1Ki 12:22-24; 2Ch 11:2-4
Prophesies the punishment of Rehoboam by Shishak, king
of
Egypt
2Ch 12:5,7
Writes chronicles
2Ch 12:15
-2. A descendant of David
1Ch 3:22
-3. A Simeonite
1Ch 4:37
-4. Son of Joel
1Ch 5:4
Called SHEMA
1Ch 5:8
-5. A Merarite
1Ch 9...
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1. A prophet under Rehoboam, commissioned to charge the king
and his 180,000 warriors of Judah not to fight against their
brethren of Israel, but to return every man to his house,
instead of striving to regain northern Israel from Jeroboam (1
Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2), for that the severance is
Jehovah's doing; so they desisted in obedie...
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(heard by Jehovah).
1. A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. 1Ki 12:22;
2Ch 11:2 (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the
events of Rehoboam's reign. 2Ch 12:5,15
2. The son of Shechaniah, among the descendants of
Zerubbabel. 1Ch 3:23; Ne 3:28
3. A prince of the tribe of Simeon. 1Ch 4:27
4. Son of Joel, Reubenite. 1Ch 5:4 (B.C. after
17...
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whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam
(1
Kings 12:22-24).
(2.) Neh. 3:29.
(3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37).
(4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42).
(5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16).
(6.) 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 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 ...
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