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Shemaiah
        (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.)


Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'shemaiah' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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