Shephatiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Judged of the Lord. (1.) A son of David by Abital (2 Sam. 3:4). (2.) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:5). (3.) A Simeonite prince in David’s time (1 Chr. 27:16). (4.) One of Jehoshaphat’s sons (2 Chr. 21:2). (5.) Ezra 2:4. (6.) Ezra 2:57; Neh. 7:59. (7.) One of the princes who urged the putting of Jeremiah to death (Jer. 38:1-4).

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ISBE

shef-a-ti'-a, she-fat'-ya (shephaTyah, "Yah has judged"): (1) A son of David, by Abital ( 2Sa 3:4 ; 1Ch 3:3 ). (2) A Benjamite, father of Meshullam, of Jerusalem ( 1Ch 9:8 ). (3) A Benjamite, who joined David at Ziklag ( 1Ch 12:5 ). (4) A prince of the Simeonites in the time of David ( 1Ch 27:16 ). (5) A son of King Jehoshaphat ( 2Ch 21:2 ). (6) A family, 372 of whom returned with Zerubbabel ( Ezr 2:4 ; Ne 7:9 ); 80 more males of this family, with their head, returned with Ezra ( Ezr 8:8 ). (7) A servant of Solomon, 392 of whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel ( Ezr 2:57 f; Ne 7:59 f); "Saphat" in 1 Esdras 5:9 and "Saphatias" in 1 Esdras 8:34. (8) A Perezzite (Judahite), some of whose descendants dwelt at Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah ( Ne 11:4 ). (9) A son of Mattan, a contemporary of Jeremiah ( Jer 38:1 ). James Orr

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(judged by Jehovah).

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