<strong>SHEBANIAH</strong> (shĕb'a-nī'a, Heb. <em>shevanyâh</em>, meaning uncertain)<br /><br />

One of the seven priests appointed to blow trumpets before the ark of the covenant when it was brought to Jerusalem (<bibleref ref="1Chr.15.24">1Chr.15.24</bibleref>).One of the Levites who led the people in praising God in Nehemiah’s time and later signed the covenant with him (<bibleref ref="Neh.9.4-Neh.9.5">Neh.9.4-Neh.9.5</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Neh.10.10">Neh.10.10</bibleref>).Another Levite who was among the covenanters (<bibleref ref="Neh.10.12">Neh.10.12</bibleref>).A priest who was among the covenanters (<bibleref ref="Neh.10.4">Neh.10.4</bibleref>).The head of a family of priests who served in the days of the high priest Joiakim (<bibleref ref="Neh.12.14">Neh.12.14</bibleref> <span class="small-caps">jb, kjv, mlb, nasb, neb, rsv</span>; Shecaniah <span class="small-caps">niv</span>).<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

sheb-a-ni’-a, she-ban’-ya (shebhanyah, in <bibleref ref="1Chr.15.24">1Ch 15:24</bibleref>, shebhanyahu):

(1) Name of a Levite or a Levitical family that participated in the religious rites that followed the reading of the Law (<bibleref ref="Neh.9.4">Ne 9:4</bibleref>). The name is given in <bibleref ref="Neh.10.10">Ne 10:10</bibleref> among those that sealed the covenant.

(2) A priest or Levite who took part in the sealing of the covenant (<bibleref ref="Neh.10.4">Ne 10:4</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Neh.12.14">12:14</bibleref>).

See [[Shecaniah]].<br /><br />

(3) Another Levite who sealed the covenant (<bibleref ref="Neh.10.12">Ne 10:12</bibleref>).

(4) A priest in the time of David (<bibleref ref="1Chr.15.24">1Ch 15:24</bibleref>).

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