A prophet living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.12.22 § Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah" 1) a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah 2) the Nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet Jeremiah 3) father of Delaiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah 4) an inhabitant of Kirjathjearim and father of Urijah, a prophet of the Lord in the time of the prophet Jeremiah 5) a Judaite, son of Shechaniah, father of Hattush, and descendant of Zerubbabel 6) a Simeonite, father of Shimri 7) a Reubenite, son of Joel and father of Gog 8) a Merarite Levite, son of Hasshub in the time of Nehemiah 9) a Levite, son of Galal and father of Obadiah 10) a Levite and head of the family of the sons of Elizaphan who were commissioned to bring the ark to Jerusalem in the time of David 11) a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of David 12) a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of David 13) a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah 14) a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to Iddo 15) a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah 16) a Levite, one of several in charge of distributing the free will offerings brought to God to their Levite brethren in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah 17) a Levite in the time of king Josiah of Judah 18) head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra 19) a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 20) an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 21) son of Delaiah, grandson of Mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by Tobiah and Sanballat to give false guidance to Nehemiah 22) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall 23) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 24) a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 25) grandfather of the priest Zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah 26) another of the priests who along with 25 took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah
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she.ma.yah · Shemaiah · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Kings 12:22 · שְׁמַעְיָ֥הAnd the word of God is unto Shemaiah a man of God, saying,1 Chronicles 3:22 · שְׁמַעְיָ֑ה · שְׁמַעְיָ֗הAnd sons of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.1 Chronicles 4:37 · שְׁמַֽעְיָֽה׃and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.1 Chronicles 5:4 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הSons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,1 Chronicles 9:14 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧הAnd of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hashshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;1 Chronicles 9:16 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔הand Obadiah son of Shemariah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who is dwelling in the villages of the Netophathite.1 Chronicles 15:8 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הOf sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred.1 Chronicles 15:11 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔הAnd David calleth to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,1 Chronicles 24:6 · שְֽׁמַֽעְיָה֩And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writeth them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites: one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar.1 Chronicles 26:4 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֤הAnd to Obed-Edom are sons, Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,1 Chronicles 26:6 · וְלִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤הAnd to Shemaiah his son have sons been born, who are ruling throughout the house of their father, for they are mighty of valour.1 Chronicles 26:7 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗הSons of Shemaiah are Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad; his brethren are sons of valour, Elihu and Semachiah,2 Chronicles 11:2 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הוּAnd a word of Jehovah is unto Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,2 Chronicles 12:5 · וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤הAnd Shemaiah the prophet hath come in unto Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered unto Jerusalem from the presence of Shishak, and saith to them, ‘Thus said Jehovah, Ye have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak;’2 Chronicles 12:7 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה׀And when Jehovah seeth that they have been humbled, a word of Jehovah hath been unto Shemaiah, saying, ‘They have been humbled; I do not destroy them, and I have given to them as a little thing for an escape, and I pour not out My fury in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak;2 Chronicles 12:15 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧הAnd the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam are all the days;2 Chronicles 17:8 · שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֡הוּand with them the Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, and Tob-Adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.2 Chronicles 29:14 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֖הand of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel—2 Chronicles 31:15 · וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הוּAnd by his hand are Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shechaniah, in cities of the priests, faithfully to give to their brethren in courses, as the great so the small,2 Chronicles 35:9 · וּשְׁמַֽעְיָ֨הוּand Conaniah, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, heads of the Levites, have lifted up to the Levites, for passover-offerings, five thousand, and oxen five hundred.Ezra 8:13 · וּֽשְׁמַעְיָ֑הAnd from the younger sons of Adonikam—and these are their names—Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty who are males.Ezra 8:16 · לִֽ֠שְׁמַעְיָהand I send for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, heads, and for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding;Ezra 10:21 · וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֔הand of the sons of Harim: Masseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah;Ezra 10:31 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הAnd of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,Nehemiah 3:29 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֣הAfter them hath Zadok son of Immer strengthened, over against his house; and after him hath Shemaiah son of Shechaniah, keeper of the east gate, strengthened.Nehemiah 6:10 · שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֧הAnd I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel—and he is restrained—and he saith, ‘Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee—yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.’Nehemiah 10:8 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑הMaaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests.Nehemiah 11:15 · שְׁמַעְיָ֧הAnd of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hashub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni,Nehemiah 12:6 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הShemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,Nehemiah 12:18 · לִֽשְׁמַעְיָ֖הof Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;Nehemiah 12:34 · וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֖הJudah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;Nehemiah 12:35 · שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗הand of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,Nehemiah 12:36 · שְֽׁמַעְיָ֡הand his brethren Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of song of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe is before them;Nehemiah 12:42 · וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הand Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;Jeremiah 26:20 · שְׁמַעְיָ֔הוּ‘And also there hath been a man prophesying in the name of Jehovah, Urijah son of Shemaiah, of Kirjath-Jearim, and he prophesieth against this city, and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah,Jeremiah 29:24 · שְׁמַעְיָ֥הוּ‘And unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou dost speak, saying,Jeremiah 29:31 · שְׁמַעְיָ֖ה · שְׁמַעְיָ֗ה‘Send unto all the removal, saying, Thus said Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiah prophesied to you, and I—I have not sent him, and he doth cause you to trust on falsehood,Jeremiah 29:32 · שְׁמַעְיָ֣הTherefore, thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am seeing after Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and after his seed, he hath none dwelling in the midst of this people, nor doth he look on the good that I am doing to My people—an affirmation of Jehovah—for apostasy he hath spoken against Jehovah.’Jeremiah 36:12 · שְׁ֠מַעְיָהוּand he goeth down to the house of the king, unto the chamber of the scribe, and lo, there are all the heads sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Acbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the heads.