Shemaiah

(heard by Jehovah).

• A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam’s reign. (2 Chronicles 12:5,15)

• The son of Shechaniah, among the descendants of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:23; Nehemiah 3:28)

• A prince of the tribe of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:27)

• Son of Joel, Reubenite. (1 Chronicles 5:4) (B.C. after 1706.)

• Son of Hasshub, a Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15)

• Father of Obadiah or Abda, a Levite. (1 Chronicles 9:16)

• Son of Elizaphan, and chief of his house in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 15:8,11) (B.C. 1043.)

• A Levite, son of Nethaneel and also a scribe in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 24:6) (B.C. 1014.)

• The eldest son of Obed-edom the Gittite. (1 Chronicles 26:4,6,7) (B.C. 1014.)

• A descendant of Jeduthun the singer who lived in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:14)

• One of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 5:13)

• One of Ezra’s messengers. (Ezra 8:16)

• A priest of the family of Harim, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra’s bidding. (Ezra 10:21) (B.C. 455.)

• A layman of Israel son of another Harim, who had also married a foreigner. (Ezra 10:31) (B.C. 458.)

• Son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, a prophet in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 6:10) (B.C. 446.)

• The head of a priestly house who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:8; 12:6,18) (B.C. 410.)

• One of the princes of Judah at the time of the dedication of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 12:34)

• One of the choir on the same occasion. (Nehemiah 12:38)

• A priest. (Nehemiah 12:42)

• A false prophet in the time of Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 29:24-32)

• A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 17:8) (B.C. 909.)

• A Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:15) (B.C. 726.)

• A Levite in the reign of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 35:9) (B.C. 628.)

• The father of Urijah of Kirjath-jearim. (Jeremiah 26:20) (B.C. before 608.)

• The father of Delaiah. (Jeremiah 36:12) (B.C. before 605.)

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).