Shebaniah

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

“Shebaniah” means increased by Jehovah

  1. A Levite in the time of Ezra. (Nehemiah 9:4,5) He sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:10) (B.C. 459.)
  2. A priest or priestly family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:4; 12:14) Called SHECHANIAH in (Nehemiah 12:3)
  3. Another Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:12)
  4. One of the priests appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God. (1 Chronicles 15:24) (B.C. 1043.)
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