Shemaiah

Meaning: whom Jehovah heard

This was the name of 18 biblical men:

1. A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).

2. Neh. 3:29.

3. A Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:37).

4. A priest (Neh. 12:42).

5. A Levite (1 Chronicles 9:16).

6. 1 Chronicles 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 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 (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 (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).