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Shemaiah

Shemaiah

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Shemaiah

  1. (biblical) One of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:
    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).
    19. A rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in 1st century BC.

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