Shechaniah

1 verse

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 12:3

Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

Shechaniah

(dweller with Jehovah).

(1.) A descendant of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21,22)

(2.) Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:3)

(3.) The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. 459.)

(4.) The son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam. (Ezra 10:2)

(5.) The father of Shemaiah, 2. (Nehemiah 3:29)

(6.) The son of Arah. (Nehemiah 6:18)

(7.) The head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:3)

Shechaniah

(dweller with Jehovah).

(1.) The tenth in order of the priests who were appointed by lot in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 24:11) (B.C. 1014.)

(2.) A priest in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:15) (B.C. 925.)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.