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Shemaiah (Hebrew: שְׁמַעְיָה Šəmaʿyā; Samaia in the Septuagint), also known as Samaia or Semeias, [1] was a prophet during the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church on 8 January and 9 January .
The Book of Shemaiah the Prophet is one of the non-canonical books referenced in the Bible, now lost. It was probably written by the biblical prophet Shemaiah, who lived at the time of Rehoboam. This text is sometimes called Shemaiah the Prophet or The Acts of Shemaiah the Prophet. [1] The book is described at 2 Chronicles 12:15:
Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, a Levite listed as living in the city of Jerusalem after the end of the Babylonian captivity (I Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15) a prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:34-36) A Son of Joel, Father of Gog; The second book of Chronicles refers to a "Book of the Prophet ...
He is described as being the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-Jearim. During the reign of Jehoiakim , king of Judah , he fled into Egypt from the cruelty of the king, but having been brought back he was beheaded and his body "cast into the graves of the common people."
Hillel the Elder was a contemporary of Shemaiah and Abtalion, and regularly attended their lectures. [8] Of the political life of Shemaiah, only one incident is reported. When Herod on his own responsibility had put to death the leader of the national party in Galilee, Hyrcanus II, he permitted the Sanhedrin to cite him before the tribunal ...
Uriah, the son of Shemaiah, was from Kiriath-Jearim, and was a contemporary of Jeremiah who prophesied against Jerusalem (see Jeremiah 26:20). This aroused the wrath of King Jehoiakim (r. 609–598 BC) who sought to put Uriah to death. Uriah escaped to Egypt, where he was apprehended by the king's henchman and extradited to Jerusalem for ...
Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. Wrath came on Israel on account of this numbering, and the number was not entered in the book of the annals of King David. Wrath came on Israel on account of this numbering, and the number was not entered in the book of the annals of King David.
Shemaiah, a name which in Hebrew (שמע-יה shema-Ya) means "God Heard", may refer to: Shmaya (tanna) , rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in the 1st century BC Any of several people in the Bible/Christian Old Testament; see List of people in the Hebrew Bible called Shemaiah