Shemaiah, Son of Jeduthun
Shemaiah, Son of Jeduthun (שְׁמַעְיָה, shema'yah). A Levite who served in the temple during the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr 29:14).
Shemaiah (2 Ch. 29:14)
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible
Dictionary, the most
advanced Bible dictionary.
A Levite who served in the temple during the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr 29:14).
Shemaiah (Person)
SHEMAIAH (PERSON) [Heb šĕmaʿyâ (שְׁמַעְיָה); šĕmaʿyāhû (שְׁמַעְיָהוּ)]. Shemaiah is a theophoric personal name commonly rendered “Yahweh has heard” (TPNAH, 90; IPN 184–86). Dahood (1978:92) translates, “Hear, O Ya,” comparing the Ugaritic personal name šmʿy (“Hear, O Ya,” UT, no. 1128:33) and
Shemaiah
Shemaiah. 1. Prophet during the reign of Rehoboam, king of Judah (930–913 bc). He warned the king not to go to war against Jeroboam and the 10 northern tribes of Israel (1 Kgs 12:22; 2 Chr 11:2). Five years later he spoke words of comfort to a repentant Rehoboam and people of Judah (2 Chr 12:5–7). Shemaiah
Shemaiah
8. A Levite of the family of Jeduthun who assisted in cleansing the temple during the reign of Hezekiah (2 Ch. 29:14).
Shemaiah
Shemaiah shə-māʹyə, shə-mīʹə [Heb. šemaʿyâ, šemaʿyāhû—‘Yahweh has heard’]. A name borne primarily by Levites, priests, and prophets.
Shemaiah
SHEMAIAH1. Prophet during the reign of Rehoboam, king of Judah (930–913 bc). He warned the king not to go to war against Jeroboam and the ten northern tribes of Israel (1 Kgs 12:22–24; 2 Chr 11:2–4). Five years later he spoke words of comfort to a repentant Rehoboam and people of Judah (2 Chr 12:5–7).
Shemaiah
Shemaiah (shi-may´yuh; Heb., “the Lord has heard”).1 A late tenth-century bce prophet who warned King Rehoboam of Judah against fighting Israel (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chron. 11:2). Later, he called Rehoboam and his princes to repent before Pharaoh Shishak invaded Judah from Egypt, an invasion that he claimed
Shemaiah
SHEMAIAH. The name of several priests, Levites, and prophets.1. A prophet who told Rehoboam he was not to take the soldiers of Judah to war against Jeroboam, for God had said, “Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is
Shemaiah
Shemaiah (Heb. šĕmaʿyâ, šĕmaʿyāhû) (also SHAMMUA)1. A Judean prophet at the time of the division of the monarchy following the death of Solomon. Shemaiah was sent by Yahweh to admonish Rehoboam, king of Judah, to return to Jerusalem and not wage war against Jeroboam (1 Kgs. 12:21–22; 2 Chr. 11:2–4).
Shemaiah
Shemaiah [shə māˊyə] (Heb. šema˓yâ, šema˓yāhû “Yahweh has heard”).
Shemaiah
SHEMAIAH (Hebrew, “the Lord has heard”) The name of two prophets in the Old Testament.1. A prophet who warned Rehoboam not to use strength of arms to reunite the northern and southern tribes after the death of Solomon (1 Kgs 12:22–24; 2 Chr 11:2–4). He also interpreted the raid of Pharaoh Shishak against
Shemaiah
Shemai´ah (heard by Jehovah).1. A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. 1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chron. 11:2. (b.c. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam’s reign. 2 Chron. 12:5, 15.2. The son of Shechaniah, among the descendants of Zerubbabel. 1 Chron. 3:22; Neh. 3:29.3. A prince of the
Shemaiah
SHEMA´IAH (she-maʹya; “Jehovah has heard”).1. A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. When the king had assembled 180,000 men of Benjamin and Judah to reconquer the Northern Kingdom after its revolt, Shemaiah was commissioned to charge them to return to their homes and not to war against their brethren