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the eldest son of Obed-edom (I Chronicles 26:4-8) Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a scribe mentioned as active at the death of David (I Chronicles 24:6) Shemaiah, a prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (I Kings 12:22-24; II Chronicles 11:2-4; 12:5) one of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (II Chronicles 17:8)
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 .
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 ...
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."
Then I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel. He was confined to his home. He said, "Let’s set up a time to meet in the house of God, within the temple. Let’s close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. It will surely be at night that they will come to kill you." [18]
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
The painting, which dates to about 1784, was taken into custody by the agency pending resolution of who owned it and returned on Jan. 11 to Dr. Francis Wood, 96, of Newark, the son of the painting ...
The painting was a popular success and was widely reproduced as an engraving. The profits made possible the donation of the original to the city of Manchester in 1883. It is now held by the Manchester Art Gallery. [6] In 1913 Lillian Williamson led an attack on the Manchester Art Gallery.