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Shemaiah

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 5 verses

1 Kings: 12:22
2 Chronicles: 11:2, 12:5, 12:7, 12:15

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.