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Shecaniah, Shechaniah
SHECANIAH, SHECHANIAH (shĕk-ă-nī'a, Heb. shekhanyâh, dweller with the Lord). 1. Head of the tenth of the twenty-four courses of priests in the days of David. The priests had so multiplied that David divided them thus, giving two-thirds of the courses to descendants of Eleazar and one-third to descendants of Ithamar, the sons of Aaron (
2. A priest in the time of Hezekiah. He faithfully assisted in distributing the freewill offerings of the people to the priests (
3. A descendant of David in the time of the Restoration, head of a house (
4. A descendant of Parosh, whose descendant Zechariah returned with Ezra, leading 150 men (
5. A son of Jehaziel (
6. A son of Jehiel. He admitted that some had married foreign women, then proposed a covenant be made and the foreign wives and children be put away (
7. The keeper of the East Gate of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah. His son Shemaiah was one who helped repair the wall (
8. Son of Arah and father-in-law to Tobiah, the notorious foe of Nehemiah at the time of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem (
9. One of the chiefs of the priests who returned with Zerubbabel (
10. Head of a priestly family in the days of Joiakim (