Shemaiah

Shemaiah (shĕm'āī`ə), in the Bible.

1 Prophet at the time of Rehoboam.

2 False prophet during the Captivity.

3 False prophet hired to discredit Nehemiah.

4 Descendant of Zerubbabel.

5 Scribe.

6 Korahite.

7 Levite in the time of Jehoshaphat.

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9 Levites in the time of Hezekiah.

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11 Chief Levites.

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13 Chief men in the Exile.

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17 Men present at the dedication of the wall.

18 Father of Urijah (2.)

19 Father of Delaiah (4.)

20 Merarite Levite.

21 A sealer of the Covenant.

22 Same as Shammua (3.)

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24 Men who had foreign wives.

25 Repairer of the wall.

26 Simeonite.

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Shemaiah

suborned to render false prophecy to Nehemiah. [O.T.: Nehemiah 6:10–14]

See : Bribery