Levite living at the time of Exile and Return
Shemaiah, a Levite who resided in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
🗺 Places mentioned alongside Shemaiah on the map →
Shemaiah was a Levite who lived in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. He is mentioned in both 1Ch.9.14 and Neh.11.15 as one of the Levites who settled in Jerusalem. In the Chronicles passage, he is described as the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari. The Nehemiah passage identifies him as the son of Bunni.
As a Levite, Shemaiah would have had duties related to the temple service and worship. The resettlement of the Levites in Jerusalem was an important step in reestablishing the religious life of the community after the exile. However, no specific details are given about Shemaiah's responsibilities or contributions in this regard.
More background: search Wikipedia ↗
2 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H8098
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.