


after 1450.) â The father of Jediael, one of … â Urijah the priest in the reign of Ahaz, (2 Kings 16:10) probably the same as Uriah, … SHEMAIAH - that hears or obeys the Lord.More meanings of this word and English-Russian, Russian-English translations for the word «SHEMAIAH» in dictionaries. Â The father of Urijah of Kirjath-jearim. Â A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat. Â A false prophet in the time of Jeremiah. Â One of the choir on the same occasion. Â One of the princes of Judah at the time of the dedication of Jerusalem. Â The head of a priestly house who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Â Son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, a prophet in the time of Nehemiah. Â A layman of Israel son of another Harim, who had also married a foreigner. Â A priest of the family of Harim, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra's bidding. Â One of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra. Â A descendant of Jeduthun the singer who lived in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:14) Â The eldest son of Obed-edom the Gittite.

 A Levite, son of Nethaneel and also a scribe in the time of David.  Son of Elizaphan, and chief of his house in the reign of David.  The son of Shechaniah, among the descendants of Zerubbabel. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam's reign. Ģ Chronicles further states that Shemaiah prophesied the punishment of Rehoboam by Shishak, king of Egypt. A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. The Pulpit Commentary calls his intervention "a timely reminder of the unity of the race, notwithstanding the division of the kingdom". Shemaiah's words were obeyed and the army stood down. Shemaiah was known as a "man of God," and he prophesied in God's words, that "this thing is from Me," and they are not to go up against their brothers, the northern tribes. King Rehoboam had assembled 180,000 troops to forcefully bring back the ten rebellious tribes. He is venerated as a saint in the liturgical calendar of the Eastern Orthodox Church on January 8.Īccording to 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles, the intervention of Shemaiah prevented a war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam after the latter had led the northern tribes of Israel to separate from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. Shemaiah ( Hebrew: שְׁמַעְיָה Šəmaʿyā Samaia in the Septuagint) was a prophet in the reign of Rehoboam ( 1 Kings 12:22-24). For other Biblical people with this name, see Shemaiah.
