Shebaniah

Shebaniah [N] [E] [H]

(increased by Jehovah ).

  1. A Levite in the time of Ezra. ( Nehemiah 9:4 Nehemiah 9:5 ) He sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. ( Nehemiah 10:10 ) (B.C. 459.)
  2. A priest or priestly family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. ( Nehemiah 10:4 ; 12:14 ) Called SHECHANIAH SHECHANIAH in ( Nehemiah 12:3 )
  3. Another Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. ( Nehemiah 10:12 )
  4. One of the priests appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God. ( 1 Chronicles 15:24 ) (B.C. 1043.)

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Shebaniah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.