SHABBETHAI

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1. A Levite, assistant to Ezra
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. (Ezra 10:1515Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. (Ezra 10:15))
2. An expounder of the law
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. (Nehemiah 8:77Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. (Nehemiah 8:7))
3. A chief Levite, an attendant of the temple
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. (Nehemiah 11:1616And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. (Nehemiah 11:16))