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Shecaniah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(dweller with God). (1) A priest in time of David (1 Chron. 24:11¹¹The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, (1 Chronicles 24:11)). (2) A Levite (2 Chron. 31:15¹⁵And 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: (2 Chronicles 31:15)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Head of the tenth priestly course (1 Chron. 24:11¹¹The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, (1 Chronicles 24:11)).

2. Priest in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chron. 31:15¹⁵And 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: (2 Chronicles 31:15)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

the dwelling of Jehovah