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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:
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)
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 ...
This book compiles prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter records several "letters reported by the third-person narrator": from Jerusalem, Jeremiah sent a letter to the people in the Babylonia exile (verses 1-23) and he responded to a letter about him from Shemaiah (verses 24–32).
A descendant of Zerah the son of Judah (son of Jacob) mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:8 as the son of Ethan the son of Zerah. A prince of Judah who joined in the procession with Nehemiah in Nehemiah 12:32–33. Azariah the son of Jehu and the father of Helez was a Jerahmeelite mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:38–39.