Shebaniah
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(increased by Jehovah).
• A Levite in the time of Ezra. (Nehemiah 9:4,5) He sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:10) (B.C. 459.)
• A priest or priestly family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:4; 12:14) Called Shechaniah, Shechaniah in (Nehemiah 12:3)
• Another Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:12)
• One of the priests appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God. (1 Chronicles 15:24) (B.C. 1043.)
See also: shechaniah
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Whom Jehovah hides, or has made grow up. (1.) A Levite appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark of God (1 Chr. 15:24).
(2.) Another Levite (Neh. 9:4, 5).
(3.) A priest (Neh. 10:12).
(4.) A Levite (Neh. 10:4).
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