Shechaniah

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

(dweller with Jehovah).


• A descendant of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21,22)

• Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:3)

• The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. 459.)

• The son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam. (Ezra 10:2)

• The father of Shemaiah, 2. (Nehemiah 3:29)

• The son of Arah. (Nehemiah 6:18)

• The head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:3) (dweller with Jehovah).

• The tenth in order of the priests who were appointed by lot in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 24:11) (B.C. 1014.)

• A priest in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:15) (B.C. 925.)