SHEMAAH (she-ma'ah), (Heb. shim azu' , rumor). A Benjamite, father of Ahiezer and Joash, who came to David at Ziklag (r Chron. xii :3), B. C. before 1°54.
(slienfa-Vali), (Heb. sheen all yaw', or shem-ah-yaw' hoo, heard of Jehovah). 1. A prophet who was sent to Rehoboam, king of Judah, with a message from God, to forbid his war against Israel (1 Kings xii :22 2 Chron. xi: 2). Some years after this, Shishak, king of Egypt, came in hostile array into Judea, against Re hoboarn, and took the best places of his king dom. The prophet Shemaiali told Rehoboam, and the princes of Judah, who had retired into Jeru salem, that they had forsaken the Lord, and now he in his turn would forsake them, and deliver them into the hands of Shishak. The king and the princes, being in a consternation, answered. "The Lord is just"; but, they humbling themselves, God moderated his anger and their 'sufferings. Shemaiali wrote the history of Reho iloam (2 Chron. xii :15), B. C. 972.
2. A Levite, son of Nethaneel, secretary of the Temple (1 Chiron. xxiv :6), and registrar of the priests at the time they were divided into twenty-four orders. (B. C. ioi4.) 3. A son of Delaiall, a false prophet in the time of Nehemiah, who, being corrupted by Sanballat, and the other enemies of Nehemiah, would have persuaded him to retire into the Temple (Nell. vi: to), B. C. 446.
4. A person who, without authority, assumed the functions of a prophet among the Israelites in exile (It. C. 606). He was so much annoyed by the prophecies which Jeremiah sent to Babylon, the tendency of which was contrary to his own, that he wrote to Jerusalem, denouncing the prophet as an impostor, and urging the authorities to enforce his silence. In return he received new prophecies, announcing that he should never be hold that close of the bondage which he fancied to be at hand, and that none of his race should wit ness the re-establishment of the nation (Jer. xxix: 24-32), 5. Son of Joel, of the tribe of Reuben (1 Chron.
v: 4), B. C. after 1874.
6• Son of Elizaphan. He was chief of his house and took part in the ceremonies connected with bringing the Ark from the house of Obed-edom (1 Chron. xv: 8, it), B. C. 7. The first of the eight sons of Obed-edom, and a gate keeper of the Temple (i Chron. xxvi: 4, 6, 7), B. C. tot4.
8. A Levite who in the reign of Jehoshaphat as sisted in instructing the people in the law (2 Chron. xvii: 8), B. C. 909.
9. Father of Shimri Chron. iv:37), B. C. much before 726. Perhaps the same as SHINIEl.
10. A descendant of Jeduthun, and assistant in the purification of the Temple and reformation of the service. He with Uzziel represented his fam ily on the occasion (2 Chron. xxix :14). B. C. 726, 11. A Levite of the reign of Hezekialt who was appointed to distribute the tithes to the priests (2 Chron. xxxi: is), B. C. 726. Perhaps the same as 10.
12. A chief Levite of the reign of Josiah, who with his brothers contributed to the sacrifice of the Passover (2 Citron. xxxv :9), B. C. 628.
13. Father of Urijah, the prophet (Jer. xxvi: 20), B. C. before 608.
14. Father df Delaiah, who, with other princes, heard Baruch's roll (Jer. xxxvi: t2), B. C. before 6o5• 15. A chief priest who returned from the Cap tivity with Zerubbabel xii: 6, 181. B. C. 536. He was one who sealed the covenant with Nehe miah (Neh. x: 8).
16. One of the supplementary heads of families of Adonikain who returned with Ezra from cap tivity (Ezra viii: 13), B. C. 45g.
17. A head of a family whom Ezra sent for at the river Ahava in order to obtain ministers and Lcvitcs for the Temple (Ezra viii: 16), B. C. 459.
18. A priest, "son" of Haritn, who put away his Gentile wife after the Captivity (Ezra x:21). B. C. 19. A layman, "son" of 'Tarim, who put away his Gentile wife (Ezra x:31), B. C. 458.
20. A priest, the father of Jonathan (Nell. xii: 35). B. C. before 446.
21. The son of Galal and father of Obadiah. the Levite (1 Chron. ix :16), B. C. before 446. He is called SHAMMUA (Neh. xi: 17).
22. A son of Shechaniah. lie assisted in re pairing the walls of Jerusalem, and was keeper of the east gate (Neh. iii: 29), B. C. 446.
23. A Alesarite Levite, son of I lasshub, who lived at Jerusalem and was an overseer of the Temple (Nell. xi: 15), B. C. 446.
24. A prince of Judah, who took part in the celebration over the completion of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. xii: 34), B. C. 446.
25. One of the choir which assisted in the dedi cation of the new wall of Jerusalem under Ezra xii: 36), B. C. 446.
26. A priest who performed on trumpets at the celebration of the completion of the walls of Jeru salem (Neh. xii: 42), B. C. 446.
27. Son of Shechaniah and descendant of Ze rubbabel (1 Chron. iii: 22), B. C. about 380.