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Za/iaid). 21. Probably a Levitical clan of singeri that took part in the dedication ceremonies (Neh 12^ Za/uiid; v.« ^'•^'^ Ze/ielat). We may sup- pose that half of it went in one procession and hali in the other. 22. Father of the prophet Urijah (Jer 26 [Gr. 33] >" BA So/ialat, N Ma«as). 23. A prophet at Babylon, one of those who had been brought into captivity with Jehoiachin (Jer 29 [Gr. 36] "-^ Zafiaids, N^oMtdt). He is called 'the Nehelamite' (which see). He belonged to the party opposed to Jeremiah, and it is evident that, likeHANANIAH (Jer 28), he had predicted a speedy termination to the Captivity. Enraged at the letter of Jeremiah, in which the exiles had been counselled to acquiesce cheerfully in a prolonged stay in Babylon, Shemaiah sent letters to Jeru- salem taxing Zephaniah the second priest and the other ecclesiastical authorities with supineuess, in that they did not visit Jeremiah with the punish- ment due to a false prophet. It would seem from this that it was the special duty of the ' second priest ' to enforce order in the temple (see art. Priests and Levites, p. 74*). 'Jehoiada the priest' may possibly be the name of Zcphaniah's predecessor in the office of ' second priest,' or more probably he may be the great high priest of that name whose zeal in God's service Shemaiah bids Zephaniah emulate. The punishment denounced against Shemaiah for this action was even more severe, according to Hebrew ideas, than that awarded to Hauaniah. The latter was visited in his own person with premature death, but Shemaiah was punished not only with exclusion by death from such blessings as might fall to the lot of the exiles in Babylon, but with the complete excision of his family. 24. Father of Delaiah, who was one of the princes in the reign of Zedekiah (Jer 36 [Gr. 43] '- BA ZiXe/ilas, N ZtoeKias).
N. J. D. White. SHEMARIAH (.i.-ic-.^ and !nn;f ).— 1. A Luujamite warrior who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Oh 12' (B Zafiapaidf HA Zafiaptdy Luc. Za/xapias). 2. A son of Rehoboam, 2 (ih 11" (Sa/iopias). 3. One of the sons of Harim who had married a foreign w ife, Ezr 10" (B ZafMpeid, nA Zafnapid, Luc. Za/xapias). 4. One of the sons of Bani who had coniiuitled the same offence, Ezr 10" (B 2o/«ipeid, A Za/iapeias, Luc. Zafiaptas),
SHEMEBER (ti(<D5»).— King of Zeboiim, one of the Jive kings defeated by Chedorlaomer, Gn 14^ (A Zvub^op, Luc. Zvfxdp, Syr. ; .(^n », Josephus Zv/ifii^opot). The Samaritan ha-s izuza, which may have arisen from a confusion between i and n, or may be due to an attempt to play upon the name. It has even been suggested (cf. Hall in SHOT) that the name in the text may have originated from a marginal gloss i3t< ao (' name lost').
SHEMED.— See Shemer, No. 4.
SHEMER (-C5'). — 1. The owner of the hill purchased bv Omri, upon whiili Sa.maria was afterwards built, 1 K 10" iZiixjjp, Luc. IVyn^ijp). Difficulties both etymological and liistorical attach to the statement in the same passage that the name Snvtaria (piY*^) ^^'f^s derived from an indi- vidual instead of a chin name (but see Kittel, Kbnige, ad loc), an<l tliat it was first given to the place by Omri (see Stade in ZATW v. (1885) 16011'.). 2. A Merarite, 1 Ch 6»' i"l (Z(p.p.rip). 8. An Asherite, 1 Ch 7" (H Ziixurip, A and Luc. Zu/M-qp), called in v."* Shomer (cf. tlie names 'iTierf and 'abed). 4. A Beujaiiiite, 1 Ch 8" (B Ziiijir,p, A Z4nfxvp, Luc. Za/iaiiiX). The Heb. MSS show here some confusion between i and t as the final letter of the name. The AV (Shamed) and RV
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SHEMIDA
SHESHACH
(Sheraed) retain the reading of the Geneva version, ■which is based on the Vulg. Samad.
SHEMIDA (yrcy).— A 'son' of Gilead, according to Nu26='- [P] CZvuMip); called in Jos 17= [JE] a 'son' of Manasseh (B ^v^Lapet/x, A Se/u/ja^, Luc. ^aiuSai) ; his descendants are enumerated in 1 Ch 7" {-eij.(()ipd, Luc. Za/ifiSd). Tlie gentilic name Shemidaites ("yi'Pvn, 6 2u/taep{e)i) occurs in Nu 26^'. See, further, art. Manasseh, vol. iii. p. 231 f.
SHEMINITH See art. Psalms, p. 154*.
SHEMIRAMOTH (ni=T=;'; in 2 Ch 17* Kethlbh niD'i:::;' ; ^e/iic'iipa/jniO). — The name of a Levitical family. In 1 Ch 15'*- ^ 16' Sheiuiramoth appears in the list of tlie members of David's choirs, while in 2 Ch 17' the same name occurs amongst the Le\'ites sent by Jehoshapliat to teach in the cities of Judah. In both cases a guild or family rather than an individual is probably to be thought of.
SHEMUEL (SxiOy', the name which, following the LXX and Vulg. , is, in the case of the prophet, transliterated in EV Samuel [AV has Shemuel in 1 Ch 6^ ; on the derivation and meaning of the name see art. Samuel, and Gray, HPN 200, n. 3]). — 1. The Simeonite appointed to assist in the divid- ing of tlie land, Nu 34-". It is not improbable that the MT should be corrected to '^x'.-J';- (Shelumiel), the form in I^ 2'= 1^- *" 10". The LXX in all the six passages has 1a.\aij.iifK. 2. Grandson of Issachar, 1 Cn 7' (B lua/ioi/^X, A and Luc. 1,aii.ovq\),
SHEN (\m hash-shen, the 'tooth' or 'crag'; rtii iraXoias ; Sen). — A well-known place, 'the Shen,' named witli Mizpah to indicate the position of the stone, called Ebenezer, which was set np by Samuel to commemorate the defeat of the Philis- tines (1 S 7'-). The site is unknown. It is not im- probable, however, that the LXX Tjjs s-aXmSs puts us on the track of the original reading, n:ifr\ or njp; (Jeshanah, 2 Ch 13'"). So Wellh., Driver, Budde, et al. ; cf. art. Ebenezer.