Topic
Shemariah
4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 12:5Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. One of David' s mighty men
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
- Ezra 10:32Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. The name of two Israelites who put away (divorced) Gentile wives
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
- Ezra 10:41Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. The name of two Israelites who put away (divorced) Gentile wives
Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
- 2 Chronicles 11:19ISBE
Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Whom Jehovah guards. (1.) One who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:5).
(2.) Ezra 10:32, 41.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- A Benjamite warrior who came to David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:5) (B.C. 1054.)
- One of the family of Harim, a lay man of Israel who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:32) (B.C. 658.)
- Another who did the same. (Ezra 10:41)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
shem-a-ri'-a, she-mar'-ya (shemaryah and shemaryahu, "whom Jahveh guards"):
(1) A Benjamite warrior who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:5, Codex Vaticanus Sammaraia; Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Samaria; Lucian, Samarias).
(2) A son of Rehoboam (2Ch 11:19).
(3) One of the sons of Harim who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:32, Codex Vaticanus Samareia, Lucian, Samarias; Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Semaria).
(4) One of the sons of Bani who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:41, Codex Alexandrinus Samareias; Codex Vaticanus Samareia; Lucian, Samarias).
Horace J. Wolf
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.