Shemaiah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Shemaiah
     whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1
     Kings 12:22-24).
     
       (2.) Neh. 3:29.
     


       (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).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Shemaiah, that hears or obeys the Lord