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Smith's Bible Dictionary
•A Levite in the time of Ezra. (Nehemiah 9:4,5) He sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah
10:10) (B.C. 459.)
•A priest or priestly family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:4; 12:14) Called
Shechaniah, Shechaniah in (Nehemiah 12:3)
•Another Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:12)
•One of the priests appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God. (1
Chronicles 15:24) (B.C. 1043.)
Shebarim
(the breaches), a place named in (Joshua 7:5) only, as one of the points in the flight from Ai.
Sheber
(breaking), son of Caleb ben-Hezron by his concubine Maachah. (1 Chronicles 2:48) (B.C. after
1690.)
Shebna
(vigor), a person of high position in Hezekiah’s court, holding at one time the office of prefect
of the palace, (Isaiah 22:15) but subsequently the subordinate office of secretary. (Isaiah 36:3; 2
Kings 19:2) (B.C. 713.)
Shebuel, Or Shebuel
(captive of God).
•A descendant of Moses, (1 Chronicles 23:16; 26:24) called also Shubael. (1 Chronicles 24:20)
(B.C. 1013).
•One of the fourteen sons of Heman the minstrel, (1 Chronicles 25:4) called also Shubael. (1
Chronicles 25:20) (B.C. 1013.)
Shechaniah
(dweller with Jehovah).
•A descendant of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21,22)
•Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:3)
•The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. 459.)
•The son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam. (Ezra 10:2)
•The father of Shemaiah, 2. (Nehemiah 3:29)
•The son of Arah. (Nehemiah 6:18)
•The head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:3)
(dweller with Jehovah).
•The tenth in order of the priests who were appointed by lot in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles
24:11) (B.C. 1014.)
•A priest in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:15) (B.C. 925.)
Shechem
(back or shoulder).
•An important city in central Palestine, in the valley between mounts Ebal and Gerizim, 34 miles
north of Jerusalem and 7 miles southeast of Samaria. Its present name, Nablus, is a corruption of
Neapolis, which succeeded the more ancient Shechem, and received its new name from Vespasian.
On coins still extant it is called Flavia Neapolis. The situation of the town is one of surpassing
beauty. It lies in a sheltered valley, protected by Gerizim on the south and Ebal on the north. The
feet of these mountains, where they rise from the town, are not more than five hundred yards apart.
The bottom of the valley is about 1800 feet above the level of the sea, and the top of Gerizim 800
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