Category:Shemaiah

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Shemaiah - Whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22). (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). (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). (13.) A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jeremiah 29:24). (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).