People of the Bible

Shemaiah (2 Chronicles 31:15)

The name Shemaiah means “that hears or obeys the Lord.” Shemaiah is mentioned in 1 verse of the Bible, first in 2 Chronicles 31:15.

Who was Shemaiah?

A Levite appointed to “distribute the oblations of the Lord” (2 Chr. 31:15).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Shemaiah

  • 2 Chronicles 31:15

    And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

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