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Shemaiah

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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.

8,

9 Levites in the time of Hezekiah.

10,

11 Chief Levites.

12,

13 Chief men in the Exile.

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15,

16,

17 Men present at the dedication of the wall.

18 Father of Urijah Urijah , in the Bible.

1 High priest under King Ahaz. An alternate form is Uriah.

2 Prophet killed by King Jehoiakim.

3 Ancestor of a priestly family. An alternte form is Uriah.

4 Companion of Ezra.
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19 Father of Delaiah Delaiah , in the Bible.

1 Chief priest.

2 Father of Shemaiah

3,

4 Prince of Jehoiakim.
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20 Merarite Levite.

21 A sealer of the Covenant.

22 Same as Shammua Shammua or Shammuah , in the Bible.

1 Son of David and Bath-sheba.

2 Reubenite spy. Num. 13.4.

3 Father of Abda (2.) An alternate form is Shemaiah.
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24 Men who had foreign wives.

25 Repairer of the wall.

26 Simeonite.

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