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Shecaniah; Shechaniah

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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shek - a - nı̄´a , shḗ - kan´ya ( שׁכניה , shekhanyāh (in 1 Chronicles 24:11; 2 Chronicles 31:15 , shekhanyāhū ); Codex Vaticanus Ἰσχανιά , Ischaniá , Σεκενιά , Sekeniá ):

(1) A descendant of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:21 , 1 Chronicles 3:22 ). This is the same Shecaniah mentioned in Ezra 8:3 .

(2) "The sons of Shecaniah," so the Massoretic Text of Ezra 8:5 reads, were among those who returned with Ezra, but a name appears to have been lost from the text, and we should probably read "of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel" (compare 1 Esdras 8:32, "of the sons of Zathoes, Sechenias the son of Jezelus").

(3) Chief of the tenth course of priests (1 Chronicles 24:11 ).

(4) A priest in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:15 ).

(5) A contemporary of Ezra who supported him in his opposition to foreign marriages (Ezra 10:2 ).

(6) The father of Shemaiah, "the keeper of the east gate" (Nehemiah 3:29 ).

(7) The father-in-law of Tobiah the Ammonite (Nehemiah 6:18 ).

(8) The eponym of a family which returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3 ). It is the same name which, by an interchange of () bh and ()כ kh , appears as Shebaniah (see SHEBANIAH , (2)) in Nehemiah 10:4 , Nehemiah 10:12 , Nehemiah 10:14 .

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Shecaniah; Shechaniah'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​s/shecaniah-shechaniah.html. 1915.
 
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