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SHEMARIAH
(Shem·a·riʹah) [Jehovah has kept, preserved].
1. One of the ambidextrous Benjamite warriors who joined David while a fugitive at Ziklag.—1 Chron. 12:1, 2, 5.
2. A son of King Rehoboam, hence a great-grandson of David.—2 Chron. 11:18, 19.
3. One of the sons of Harim who dismissed their foreign wives and sons when Ezra came back to Jerusalem.—Ezra 10:31, 32, 44.
4. One of the sons of Binnui who had also taken foreign wives but sent them away.—Ezra 10:38, 41, 44.
