Shemaiah

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).




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