International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Shemariah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Shemariah


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shem-a-rı̄´a, shḗ-mar´ya (שׁמריה, shemaryāh and שׁמריהוּ, shemaryāhū, “whom Jahveh guards”):

(1) A Benjamite warrior who joined David at Ziklag (, Codex Vaticanus Σαμμαραιά, Sammaraiá; Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Σαμαριά, Samariá; Lucian, Σαμαρίας, Samarı́as).

(2) A son of Rehoboam ().

(3) One of the sons of Harim who had married foreign wives (, Codex Vaticanus Σαμαρεία, Samareiá, Lucian, Σαμαρίας, Samarı́as; Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Σεμαριά, Semariá).

(4) One of the sons of Bani who had married foreign wives (, Codex Alexandrinus Σαμαρείας, Samareı́as; Codex Vaticanus Σαμαρειά, Samareiá; Lucian, Σαμαρίας, Samarı́as).