Ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem
Shephatiah
Named in 3 verses across 2 books, first in Ezra 2:4.
שְׁפַטְיָהוּShephatiah
The name means “the Lord that judges.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Shephatiah Written by AI
Shephatiah is mentioned in Ezra 2:4:8, and Nehemiah 7:9 as an ancestor of some of the exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. In Ezra 2:4 and Nehemiah 7:9, the descendants of Shephatiah are listed among the people who came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. The number of Shephatiah's descendants is given as 372 in both passages. In Ezra 8:8, Shephatiah's descendants are mentioned again among those who returned with Ezra to Jerusalem, with a slightly different count of 300 males. These references highlight the presence of Shephatiah's family line among the returnees from the Babylonian exile and their contribution to the repopulation of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Shephatiah, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
Judged of the Lord. (1.) A son of David by Abital (2 Sam. 3:4).
(2.) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:5).
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(3.) A Simeonite prince in David’s time (1 Chr. 27:16).
(4.) One of Jehoshaphat’s sons (2 Chr. 21:2).
(5.) Ezra 2:4.
(7.) One of the princes who urged the putting of Jeremiah to death (Jer. 38:1-4).
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 2:4
the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;
- Ezra 8:8
from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;
- Nehemiah 7:9
the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;
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