International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Shephatiah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Shephatiah


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shef-a-tı̄´a, shḗ-fat´ya (שׁפטיה, shephaṭyah, “Yah has judged”):

(1) A son of David, by Abital (; ).

(2) A Benjamite, father of Meshullam, of Jerusalem ().

(3) A Benjamite, who joined David at Ziklag ().

(4) A prince of the Simeonites in the time of David ().

(5) A son of King Jehoshaphat ().

(6) A family, 372 of whom returned with Zerubbabel (; ); 80 more males of this family, with their head, returned with Ezra ().

(7) A servant of Solomon, 392 of whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel ( f; 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 ().

(9) A son of Mattan, a contemporary of Jeremiah ().