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SHECANIAH
(Shec·a·niʹah) [Residence of Jehovah].
1. A descendant of Aaron whose paternal house was selected by lot as 10th of the 24 priestly divisions that David organized.—1Ch 24:1-3, 7, 11.
2. One of those entrusted with equal distribution of the tithes and other contributions in the priests’ cities during Hezekiah’s reign.—2Ch 31:12, 15.
3. A priest who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel.—Ne 12:1, 3, 7; see SHEBANIAH No. 2.
4. A paternal house represented among the group that returned with Ezra in 468 B.C.E.—Ezr 8:1, 3.
5. Head of the paternal house of Zattu, 300 males of which returned with Ezra; son of Jahaziel.—Ezr 8:1, 5.
6. “The son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam” who suggested to Ezra the covenant by which those in restored Judah having foreign wives volunteered to send them away.—Ezr 10:2-4.
7. Father of the Shemaiah who did repair work on Jerusalem’s wall.—Ne 3:29.
8. Father-in-law of Tobiah the Ammonite; son of Arah.—Ne 4:3; 6:17, 18.
9. A descendant of David who lived after the Babylonian exile.—1Ch 3:5, 9, 10, 21, 22.
