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Shechaniah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(dweller with God). (1) A descendant of the royal line (1 Chron. 3:21-22²¹And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. ²²And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. (1 Chronicles 3:21‑22)). (2) Levites and returned captives (Ezra 8:3,5; 10:2³Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. (Ezra 8:3)
⁵Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. (Ezra 8:5)
²And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. (Ezra 10:2); Neh. 3:29; 6:18; 12:3²⁹After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. (Nehemiah 3:29)
¹⁸For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. (Nehemiah 6:18)
³Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, (Nehemiah 12:3)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Descendant of David through Jeconiah (1 Chron. 3:21-22²¹And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. ²²And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. (1 Chronicles 3:21‑22)).

2-3. Two ancestors of some who returned from exile (Ezra 8:3, 5³Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. (Ezra 8:3)
⁵Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. (Ezra 8:5)).

4. Son of Jehiel: he confessed that the people had taken strange wives (Ezra 10:2²And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. (Ezra 10:2)).

5. Father of Shemaiah, who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:29²⁹After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. (Nehemiah 3:29)).

6. Son of Arah and father-in-law to Tobiah (Neh. 6:18¹⁸For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. (Nehemiah 6:18)).

7. Priest who returned from exile (Neh. 12:3³Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, (Nehemiah 12:3)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

same as Shecaniah