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Shechaniah

 

Shechaniah - (dweller with Jehovah).

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

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

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

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

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

6. The son of Arah. (Nehemiah 6:18)

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

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

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