Shecaniah
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Shecaniah: one intimate with Jehovah.
- A priest to whom the tenth lot came forth when David divided the priests (1 Chronicles 24:11).
- One of the priests who were set "to give to their brethren by courses" of the daily portion (2 Chronicles 31:15).
Shechani'ah, id.
- A priest whose sons are mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:21,22.
- Ezra 8:5.
- Ezra 10:2-4.
- The father of Shemaiah, who repaired the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:29).
- The father-in-law of Tobiah (Nehemiah 6:18).
- A priest who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3; marg., or Shebaniah).