Dictionary entry

SHECHANIAH

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(dweller with Jehovah).

  1. A descendant of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21,22)
  2. Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:3)
  3. The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. 459.)
  4. The son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam. (Ezra 10:2)
  5. The father of Shemaiah, 2. (Nehemiah 3:29)
  6. The son of Arah. (Nehemiah 6:18)
  7. The head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:3)