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Shephatiah

Meaning: judged of the Lord

This is the name of various Israelite men, some who were princes.

  1. Prince Shephatiah. a son of David by his 5th wife Abital (2 Samuel 3:4).

  2. Shephatiah, a Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:5).

  3. Prince Shephatiah, a Simeonite prince in David's time (1 Chronicles 27:16).

  4. Prince Shephatiah, one of King Jehoshaphat's sons (2 Chronicles 21:2).

  5. Shephatiah, whose 372 “sons” came back to Israel from the Babylonian captivity. He is mentioned in Ezra 2:4

  6. Shephatiah, a son of Solomon’s servants, mentioned in Ezra 2:57, who return to Israel from the Babylonian captivity

  7. Prince Shephatiah, a son of Mattan, living at the time of Jeremiah

    He is one of the officials who urged the putting of God’s prophet Jeremiah to death, saying to the king,

    “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is making the hands of the men of war who remain in this city as well as the hands of all the people limp, by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking peace for this people but rather calamity.” —Jeremiah 38:1-4

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Article Version: November 6, 2025