Shemaiah

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Shemaiah: whom Jehovah heard.

  1. A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
  2. Nehemiah 3:29.
  3. A Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:37).
  4. A priest (Nehemiah 12:42).
  5. A Levite (1 Chronicles 9:16).
  6. 1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 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 Chronicles 15:8).
  8. A Levite (1 Chronicles 24:6).
  9. The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chronicles 26:4-8).
  10. A Levite (2 Chronicles 29:14).
  11. A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 6:10).
  12. A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:34-36).
  13. A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jeremiah 29:24-32).
  14. One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chronicles 17:8).
  15. A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chronicles 31:15).
  16. A Levite (2 Chronicles 35:9).
  17. The father of Urijah the prophet (Jeremiah 26:20).
  18. The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:12).
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