Shemariah

Shemariah [N] [H] [S]

whom Jehovah guards.

  • One who joined David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:5 ).

  • Ezra 10:32 Ezra 10:41 .

    These dictionary topics are from
    M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
    published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

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    Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Shemariah". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .
  • Shemariah [N] [E] [S]

    God is my guard
    Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

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    Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Shemariah'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.
    Shemariah [N] [E] [H]

    (kept by Jehovah ).

    1. A Benjamite warrior who came to David at Ziklag. ( 1 Chronicles 12:5 ) (B.C. 1054.)
    2. One of the family of Harim, a lay man of Israel who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra. ( Ezra 10:32 ) (B.C. 658.)
    3. Another who did the same. ( Ezra 10:41 )

    [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 'Shemariah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

    SHEMARIAH

    shem-a-ri'-a, she-mar'-ya (shemaryah and shemaryahu, "whom Jahveh guards"):

    (1) A Benjamite warrior who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:5, Codex Vaticanus Sammaraia; Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Samaria; Lucian, Samarias).

    (2) A son of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:19).

    (3) One of the sons of Harim who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:32, Codex Vaticanus Samareia, Lucian, Samarias; Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Semaria).

    (4) One of the sons of Bani who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:41, Codex Alexandrinus Samareias; Codex Vaticanus Samareia; Lucian, Samarias).

    Horace J. Wolf


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    Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHEMARIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.