shephathiah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
shephathiah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
a Benjamite, father of Meshullam 6. #1Ch 9:8|
shephathiah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
SHEPHATHI'AH (Jehovah judges). a Benjamite. 1 Chr 9:8. SHEPHATl'AH (Jehovah judges). 1. The fifth son of David. 2 Sam 3:4; 1 Chr 3:3. 2. A Benjamite warrior with David at Ziklag. 1 Chr 12:5. 3. The chief of the Simeonites in David's time. 1 Chr 27:16. 4. A son of Jehoshaphat. 2 Chr 21:2. 5., 6. Two persons whose posterity returned with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:4, Ezr 2:57; Neh 7:9, Ps 57:59. 1. One of the posterity of Judah. Neh 11:4. 2. One who desired Jeremiah's execution. Jer 38:1-4.
shephathiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Hebrew Shephatiah ("whom Jehovah defends".) 1. 1 Chronicles 9:8. 2. SHEPHATIAH, David's fifth son, by Abital (2 Samuel 3:4). 3. A family of 372; returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:4; Nehemiah 7:9); a second company of 80 under Zebadiah came up with Ezra (Ezra 8:8). 4. Among "the children of Solomon's servants" (Ezra 2:57). 5. Nehemiah 11:4. 6. Son of Mattan; urged Zedekiah to put Jeremiah to death, as weakening the hands of the men of war, by foretelling life to those who would go forth to the Chaldaeans and death to those who should remain in the city (Jeremiah 38:1). 7. 1 Chronicles 12:5. 8. 1 Chronicles 27:16. 9. 2 Chronicles 21:2.