H7935G

שְׁכַנְיָהוּ

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Shecaniah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.3.21; son of: Hananiah (H2608L); brother of: Pelatiah (H6410), Jeshaiah (H3470B), Rephaiah (H7509), Arnan (H0770) and Obadiah (H5662H); father of: Shemaiah (H8098B) § Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah" 1) a descendant of Zerubbabel whose descendants returned from exile with Ezra 2) son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam and one who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 3) father of Shemaiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 4) son of Arah, father-in-law of Tobiah who opposed Nehemiah 5) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 6) a priest in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

(שְׁכַנְיָ֫ה(וּׅ) proper name, masculine (׳י hath taken up his abode); — שְׁכַנְיָה, Σεχενια(ς), etc.:

1. descendant of Jehoiakin 1Chr 3:21; 1Chr 3:22 (on context see Kit), Ezra 8:3; Ezra 8:5.
2. Ezra 10:2 (different from 1 ?).
3. father of a wall-builder Neh 3:29.
4. father-in-law of Tobiah Neh 6:18.
5. priestly name:
  a. Neh 12:3 = שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ 1Chr 24:11, compare שְׁכַנְיָה 3 Neh 10:5; Neh 12:14.

b. שְׁכַנְיָ֫הוּ 2Chr 31:15.


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