Shema (Person)

1. Judahite, Hebron’s son and a descendant of Caleb (1 Chr 2:43–44).

2. Reubenite and Joel’s son (1 Chr 5:8). He is perhaps identifiable with Shemaiah or Shimei in 1 Chronicles 5:4.

3. Benjaminite and head of a family in Aijalon, who helped defeat the inhabitants of Gath (1 Chr 8:13).

4. Levite who explained to the people passages from the law read by Ezra (Neh 8:4).