Shemaiah
Bible Usage:
- Shemaiah used 41 times.
- First Reference: 1 Kings 12:22
- Last Reference: Jeremiah 36:12
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H8098 Used 41 times
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).
that hears or obeys the Lord
1. A prophet in the time of Rehoboam:
Prevents Rehoboam from war with Jeroboam
1 Kings 12:22-24; 2 Chronicles 11:2-4
Prophesies the punishment of Rehoboam by Shishak, king of Egypt
2 Chronicles 12:5; 2 Chronicles 12:7
Writes chronicles
2 Chronicles 12:15
2. A descendant of David
1 Chronicles 3:22
3. A Simeonite
1 Chronicles 4:37
4. Son of Joel
General references
1 Chronicles 5:4
Called Shema
1 Chronicles 5:8
5. A Merarite:
General references
1 Chronicles 9:14
In charge of the business of the temple in time of Nehemiah
Nehemiah 11:15-16
6. Son of Galal
1 Chronicles 9:16
Called Shammua
Nehemiah 11:17
7. A chief Levite in time of David; assisted in moving the ark from Obed-Edom
1 Chronicles 15:8; 1 Chronicles 15:11
8. A Levite who assisted in the division of the priests
1 Chronicles 24:6
9. A porter of the temple in time of David
1 Chronicles 26:4; 1 Chronicles 26:6-7
10. A Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in the law
2 Chronicles 17:8
11. A Levite, son of Jeduthun
2 Chronicles 29:14
12. A Levite
2 Chronicles 31:15
13. A Levite who contributed largely for Passover sacrifices
2 Chronicles 35:9
14. A Jew who returned from Babylon with Ezra
Ezra 8:13
15. A chief man with Ezra
Ezra 8:16
16. A priest who put away his Gentile wife
Ezra 10:21
17. An Israelite who put away his Gentile wife
Ezra 10:31
18. Keeper of the East Gate of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
Nehemiah 3:29
19. A false prophet in the time of Nehemiah
Nehemiah 6:10
20. A priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Nehemiah 10:8
21. A priest with Zerubbabel
Nehemiah 12:6; Nehemiah 12:18
22. A priest
Nehemiah 12:35
23. The name of three men who celebrated the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 12:34; Nehemiah 12:36; Nehemiah 12:42
24. Father of the prophet Urijah
Jeremiah 26:20
25. A false prophet
Jeremiah 29:24-32
26. Father of Delaiah
Jeremiah 36:12
(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 Isr'l 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.)