Reference: Shecaniah
Easton
one intimate with Jehovah. (1.) A priest to whom the tenth lot came forth when David divided the priests (1Ch 24:11).
(2.) One of the priests who were set "to give to their brethren by courses" of the daily portion (2Ch 31:15).
Shechani'ah, id. (1.) A priest whose sons are mentioned in 1Ch 3:21-22.
(2.) Ezr 8:5.
(3.) Ezr 10:2-4.
(4.) The father of Shemaiah, who repaired the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 3:29).
(5.) The father-in-law of Tobiah (Ne 6:18).
(6.) A priest who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ne 12:3; marg., or Shebaniah).
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And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush and Igal and Bariah and Neariah and Shaphat, six.
And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah and Amariah and Shecaniah, in the towns of the priests, who were made responsible for giving it to all their brothers, by divisions, to small and great:
Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question. Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law. read more. Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.
After them Zadok, the son of Immer, was working opposite his house. And after him Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east door.
For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.
Fausets
1. 1Ch 24:11.
2. A priest under Hezekiah; distributed the priests' daily portion; those on duty and those off duty alike received (2Ch 31:15-19).
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And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah and Amariah and Shecaniah, in the towns of the priests, who were made responsible for giving it to all their brothers, by divisions, to small and great: As well as to all the males, of three years old and over, listed by their families, who went into the house of the Lord to do what was needed day by day, for their special work with their divisions. read more. And the families of the priests were listed by their fathers' names, but the Levites, of twenty years old and over, were listed in relation to their work in their divisions; And in the lists were all their little ones and their wives and their sons and daughters, through all the people: they made themselves holy in the positions which they were given. And as for the sons of Aaron, the priests, living in the country on the outskirts of their towns, every different town there were men, marked out by name, to give their part of the goods to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed among the Levites.
Hastings
1. A descendant of Zeruh. (1Ch 3:21-22, cf. Ezr 8:3 [1Es 8:29 Sechenias]). 2. Au exile who returned (Ezr 8:5 [1Es 8:32 Samechenias]). 3. Chief of the tenth course of priests (1Ch 24:11). 4. A priest (2Ch 31:15). 5. A contemporary of Ezra (Ezr 10:2 [1Es 8:92 Jechonias]). 6. The father of Shemaiah (Ne 3:29). It is possible that he and No. 1 are identical. 7. The father-in-law of Tobiah the Ammonite (Ne 6:18). 8. The eponym of a family which returned with Zerubbabel (Ne 12:3). It is the same name which, by interchange of b and k, appears as Shebaniah in Ne 10:4; 12:14.
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And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush and Igal and Bariah and Neariah and Shaphat, six.
And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah and Amariah and Shecaniah, in the towns of the priests, who were made responsible for giving it to all their brothers, by divisions, to small and great:
Of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed a hundred and fifty males.
Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.
After them Zadok, the son of Immer, was working opposite his house. And after him Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east door.
For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.
Morish
Shecani'ah
1. Head of the tenth priestly course. 1Ch 24:11.
2. Priest in the time of Hezekiah. 2Ch 31:15.
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And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah and Amariah and Shecaniah, in the towns of the priests, who were made responsible for giving it to all their brothers, by divisions, to small and great: