Shemaiah
Meaning: whom Jehovah heard
This was the name of 18 biblical men:
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A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
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Neh. 3:29.
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A Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:37).
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A priest (Neh. 12:42).
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A Levite (1 Chronicles 9:16).
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1 Chronicles 9:14; Neh. 11:15.
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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).
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A Levite (1 Chronicles 24:6).
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The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chronicles 26:4-8).
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A Levite (2 Chronicles 29:14).
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A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10).
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A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36).
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A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jeremiah 29:24-32).
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One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chronicles 17:8).
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A Levite appointed to “distribute the oblations of the Lord” (2 Chronicles 31:15).
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A Levite (2 Chronicles 35:9).
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The father of Urijah the prophet (Jeremiah 26:20).
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The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:12).