Dictionaries :: Shechaniah

Nave's Topical Bible

Shechaniah: 1. A Descendant of David

1Ch 3:21, 22

Shechaniah: 2. Two Men

Whose descendants returned with Ezra from the captivity in Babylon,

Ezr 8:3, 5.

Shechaniah: 3. A Jew

Who proposed the putting away (divorce) of Gentile wives to Ezra,

Ezr 10:2.

Shechaniah: 4. Father of Shemaiah

Neh 3:29

Possibly identical with 1 (above).

Shechaniah: 5. Father-In-Law of Tobiah

Neh 6:18

Shechaniah: 6. A Levite

Who returned with Zerubbabel from the captivity in Babylon,

Neh 12:3.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shechaniah:

(dweller with Jehovah).

(1.) The tenth in order of the priests who were appointed by lot in the reign of David (1 Chronicles 24:11). (B.C. 1014)

(2.) A priest in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:15). (B.C. 925)

(3.) A descendant of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:21-22).

(4.) Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:3).

(5.) The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:5). (B.C. 459)

(6.) The son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam (Ezra 10:2).

(7.) The father of Shemaiah No. 2 (Nehemiah 3:29). SEE [SHEMAIAH, 2.].

(8.) The son of Arah (Nehemiah 6:18).

(9.) The head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3).