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Shecaniah
One intimate with Jehovah. (1.) A priest to whom the tenth lot came forth when David divided the priests (1 Chr 24:11).
(2.) One of the priests who were set “to give to their brethren by courses” of the daily portion (2 Chr 31:15).
Shechani’ah, id. (1.) A priest whose sons are mentioned in 1 Chr 3:21, 1 Chr 3:22.
(2.) Ezra 8:5.
(3.) Ezra 10:2–4.
(4.) The father of Shemaiah, who repaired the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 3:29).
(5.) The father-in-law of Tobiah (Neh 6:18).
(6.) A priest who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:3; marg., or Shebaniah).
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 24:11 The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
- 2 Chronicles 31:15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
