Eastons Bible Dictionary
Shemaiah
Shemaiah—whom Jehovah heard.
(1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings
12:22-24).
(2.) Neh.
3:29.
(3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr.
4:37).
(4.) A priest (Neh.
12:42).
(5.) A Levite (1 Chr.
9:16).
(6.) 1 Chr.
9:14; Neh.
11:15.
(7.) A Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (1 Chr.
15:8).
(8.) A Levite (1 Chr.
24:6).
(9.) The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr.
26:4-8).
(10.) A Levite (2 Chr.
29:14).
(11.) A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh.
6:10).
(12.) A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh.
12:34-36).
(13.) A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer.
29:24-32).
(14.) One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr.
17:8).
(15.) A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr.
31:15).
(16.) A Levite (2 Chr.
35:9).
(17.) The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer.
26:20).
(18.) The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer.
36:12).