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SHEPHATIAH (‘Jah has judged’).—1. One of David’s sons (2Sa_3:4 = 1Ch_3:3). 2. A family which returned with Zerub. (Ezr_2:4 = Neh_7:9) and Ezra (Ezr_8:8). The name appears in 1Es_5:9 as Saphat and in 1Es_8:34 as Saphatias. 3. A family of the ‘sons’ of Solomon’s servants (Ezr_2:57 = Neh_7:59) = 1Es_5:33 Saphuthi. 4. A Judahite family (Neh_11:4). 5. A Benjamite family (1Ch_9:8). Either this or the preceding should perhaps be identified with No. 2 above. 6. A contemporary of Jeremiah (Jer_38:1). 7. A Benjamite warrior who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch_12:5). 8. A Simeonite prince (1Ch_27:16). 9. A son of Jehoshaphat (2Ch_21:2).