the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Shephatiah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament. 1. Son of David and Abital; their fifth child. He was born while his father was still reigning at Hebron (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3). 2. A Haruphite, and one of the guard of thirty who joined David at Ziklag (ib. 12:5). 3. Son of Maachah and commander of the fighting men of the tribe of Simeon during the reign of David (ib. 27:16). 4. Son of Reuel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a member of a family long resident at Jerusalem (ib. 9:8). 5. Ancestor of the 372 persons who returned from the Exile to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:4; Nehemiah 7:9). 6. Probably the youngest son of King Jehoshaphat, and brother of King Jehoram (2 Chronicles 21:2). 7. Ancestor of Zebadiah, the son of Michael; he, with eighty members of his tribe, accompanied Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:8). 8. One of the servants of Solomon; his descendants returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59). 9. Son of Mahalaleel, and descendant of Perez, of the tribe of Judah, whose great-great-grandson was chosen by lot to dwell in Jerusalem when Nehemiah rebuilt the city (Nehemiah 11:4). 10. Son of Mattan and anofficial of Zedekiah; he induced the king to order Jeremiah imprisoned because of his alleged seditious addresses (Jeremiah 38:1).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Shephatiah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/s/shephatiah.html. 1901.
