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shemaiah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 Hebron (1 Chr. 15:8). (8.) A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6). (9.) The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8). (10.) A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14). (11.) A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10). (12.) A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36). (13.) A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32). (14.) One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8). (15.) A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:15). (16.) A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9). (17.) The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20). (18.) The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).

shemaiah in Smith's Bible Dictionary

(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 1706.) 5. Son of Hasshub, a Merarite Levite. #1Ch 9:14; Ne 11:15| 6. Father of Obadiah or Abda, a Levite. #1Ch 9:16| 7. Son of Elizaphan, and chief of his house in the reign of David. #1Ch 15:8,11| (B.C. 1043.) 8. A Levite, son of Nethaneel and also a scribe in the time of David. #1Ch 24:6| (B.C. 1014.) 9. The eldest son of Obed-edom the Gittite. #1Ch 26:4,6,7| (B.C. 1014.) 10. A descendant of Jeduthun the singer who lived in the reign of Hezekiah #2Ch 29:14| 11. One of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra. #Ezr 5:13| 12. One of Ezra's messengers. #Ezr 8:16| 13. A priest of the family of Harim, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra's bidding. #Ezr 10:21| (B.C. 455.) 14. A layman of Israel son of another Harim, who had also married a foreigner. #Ezr 10:31| (B.C. 458.) 15. Son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, a prophet in the time of Nehemiah. #Ne 6:10| (B.C. 446.) 16. The head of a priestly house who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. #Ne 10:8; 12:6,18| (B.C. 410.) 17. One of the princes of Judah at the time of the dedication of Jerusalem. #Ne 12:34| 18. One of the choir on the same occasion. #Ne 12:38| 19. A priest. #Ne 12:42| 20. A false prophet in the time of Jeremiah. #Jer 29:24-32| 21. A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat. #2Ch 17:8| (B.C. 909.) 22. A Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. #2Ch 31:15| (B.C. 726.) 23. A Levite in the reign of Josiah. #2Ch 35:9| (B.C. 628.) 24. The father of Urijah of Kirjath-jearim. #Jer 26:20| (B.C. before 608.) 25. The father of Delaiah. #Jer 36:12| (B.C. before 605.)

shemaiah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary

SHEMAI'AH (Jehovah hears). 1. A prophet in the time of Rehoboam, and a chronicler of his reign. 1 Kgs 12:22; 2 Chr 11:2; 2 Chr 12:5, 2 Chr 12:15. 2. A descendant of Zerubbabel. 1 Chr 3:22. 3. A Simeonite. 1 Chr 4:37. 4. A Reubenite. 1 Chr 5:4. 5., 6., 7., 8., 9., 10., 11. Levites. 1 Chr 9:14; cf. Neh 11:15; 1 Chr 9:16; 1 Chr 15:8, 1 Chr 15:11; 1 Chr 24:6; 2 Chr 17:8; 2 Chr 29:14; 2 Chr 31:15; 2 Chr 35:9. 1. The eldest son of Obed-edom. 1 Chr 26:4, 1 Chr 26:6-7. 2. A messenger of Ezra's. Ezr 8:13, Ex 17:16. 3. 1. A priest and another who had foreign wives. Ezr 10:21, 1 Chr 24:31. 4. A traitor. Neh 6:10. 5. A priest who sealed the covenant. Neh 10:8; Gen 12:6, Prov 12:18, John 12:35. 6. One of the princes of Judah. Neh 12:34. 7. One of the choir at the dedication of the wall. Neh 12:36. 8. A priest. Neh 12:42. 9. The father of a prophet in the time of Jeremiah. Jer 26:20. 10. A false prophet of Jeremiah's time. Jer 29:24, Jer 29:31-32. 11. The father of a prince in Jehoiakin's reign. Jer 36:20.

shemaiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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 obedience to the Lord. Upon Rehoboam and his people forsaking Jehovah, and building high places, standing images, and groves, God sent Shishak of Egypt against Jerusalem; he then took all the fenced cities, and Shemaiah told Rehoboam and his princes, "thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken Me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak." The princes then humbled themselves, saying, The Lord is righteous (Psalm 51:4; Leviticus 26:43). When Jehovah saw they humbled themselves He declared by Shemaiah, "I will not destroy them but grant them some deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak" (See REHOBOAM.) Shemaiah wrote a chronicle of Rehoboam's reign. 2. 1 Chronicles 3:22. The words (1 Chronicles 3:21) "the sons of Rephaiah" to the end of the chapter are a genealogical fragment inserted subsequently; the copula is wanting before "the sons of Rephaiah"; their connection with Zerubbabel's descendants who are mentioned before is not stated (Nehemiah 3:29). 3. 1 Chronicles 4:37. 4. 1 Chronicles 5:4. 5. Nehemiah 11:15-16. 6. 1 Chronicles 9:16; SHAMMUA, Nehemiah 11:17. 7. 1 Chronicles 15:8; 1 Chronicles 15:11. 8. 1 Chronicles 24:6. 9. 1 Chronicles 26:1; 1 Chronicles 26:4; 1 Chronicles 26:6-7. 10. 2 Chronicles 29:14. 11. Ezra 8:13. 12. Ezra 8:16. 13. Ezra 10:21. 14. Ezra 10:31. 15. Son of Delaiah; a prophet bribed by Sanballat and Tobiah to frighten Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6:10, etc.); Shemaiah pretended to be "shut up" through fear, his action corroborating his word, and proposed all should meet in the temple and shut its doors; Nehemiah heroically replied, "should such a man as I flee?" (compare Psalm 11:1.) Shemaiah's aim was to entrap Nehemiah into sinful fear, so as to have matter of "evil reproach" against him. 16. Nehemiah 10:8; Nehemiah 12:6; Nehemiah 12:18; Nehemiah 12:35. 17. Nehemiah 12:34. 18. Nehemiah 12:36. 19. Nehemiah 12:42. 20. The Nehelamite, a false prophet at Babylon, who wrote urging Zephaniah the deputy priest to show his gratitude to God for his promotion to Jehoiada's place by exercising his power in imprisoning Jeremiah as "mad" (compare 2 Kings 9:11; Matthew 21:23; Acts 26:24; John 10:20 the Antitype) and putting him in stocks, because he had recommended the Jewish captives at Babylon to build, plant, and settle there as for a long time, in opposition to those who flattered them with promises of a speedy release. Jeremiah on hearing Shemaiah's letter read by Zephaniah, who was less prejudiced against him, declared from Jehovah, "Shemaiah shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good" (namely, the future restoration from Babylon), "because he caused you to trust a lie" and "hath taught rebellion against Jehovah," namely, against God's revealed will as to the time of the restoration (Jeremiah 29:24-32, compare Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 28:16). 21. 2 Chronicles 17:8. 22. 2 Chronicles 31:15. 23. A Levite at Josiah's Passover (2 Chronicles 35:9); Conaniah his brother's name occurs in Hezekiah's time, as also Shemaiah, for the same names recur in different generations. 24. Jeremiah 26:20. 25. Jeremiah 36:12.