Strong H8098H8098Jשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ

Shemaiah

Definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.8

Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"

From H8085 and H3050; Jah has heard;
{Shemajah} the name of twenty five Israelites: - Shemaiah.

Shemaiah

Levite who taught the Law during Jehoshaphat's reign

Shemaiah, a Levite sent by King Jehoshaphat to teach the Book of the Law in Judah.

Strong H8098J appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

2 Chronicles 17:8
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob–adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.