Shemaiah

Shemaiah, a descendant of Adonikam who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra.

The name Shemaiah means “that hears or obeys the Lord”

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Summary

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezra 8:13; only referred to as Shemaiah (שְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ).

Glossary entries

Alternative names

שְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּShemaiah

Mentions

Ezra 8:13
…from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;