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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 ...
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 .
Nehemiah rebuilding Jerusalem, illustration by Adolf Hult, 1919. Nehemiah (/ ˌ n iː ə ˈ m aɪ ə /; Hebrew: נְחֶמְיָה Nəḥemyā, "Yah comforts") [2] is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period as the governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia (465–424 BC).
Shecaniah or Shechaniah, which means "one intimate with God", is the name of a number of characters mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. A priest to whom the tenth lot came forth when David divided the priests (1 Chronicles 24:11). One of the priests who were set "to give to their brethren by courses" of the daily portion (2 Chronicles 31:15).
Nehemiah's enemies request a meeting, but suspecting an ambush, he refuses. He prays to God for strength. Meanwhile, the wall around Jerusalem is completed. People: Sanballat - Tobiah - Geshem - Nehemiah - Gashmu - God - Shemaiah - Noadiah. Places: Ono - Jerusalem - Kingdom of Judah
He is listed as one of the sons of Elioenai, the son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Shechaniah. The other Pelaiah appears in Nehemiah (8:7; 10:10) as a Levite who helped to explain biblical law to the inhabitants of Yehud Medinata and signed a document against intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews.
The Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, largely takes the form of a first-person memoir by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, concerning the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and the dedication of the city and its people to God's laws .
Memoirs of Nehemiah referenced in 2 Maccabees 2:13, [46] [40] which may be the same as the Book of Nehemiah. "letters of the kings" referenced in 2 Maccabees 2:13 [40] "five books by Jason of Cyrene" referenced in 2 Maccabees 2:23: [47] the author of 2 Maccabees here states that their work is abridged from the history by Jason.