Returnee from Babylon
Shemaiah
Named in 1 verse of Ezra, first in Ezra 8:13.
שְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּShemaiah
The name means “that hears or obeys the Lord.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Shemaiah Written by AI
Shemaiah is mentioned in Ezra 8:13 as one of the descendants of Adonikam who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon with Ezra. He is listed along with Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shimei as part of the group that joined Ezra's company at the river Ahava. This return took place during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, who had granted Ezra permission to lead a group of exiles back to Jerusalem to support the temple and the Jewish community there.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Shemaiah, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
Whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
(2.) Neh. 3:29.
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(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).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
Where the Bible names him
- Ezra 8:13
from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
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