Shebaniah
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
whom Jehovah hides, or has made grow up. (1.) A Levite appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark of God (1 Chronicles 15:24). (2.) Another Levite (Nehemiah 9:4, 5). (3.) A priest (Nehemiah 10:12). (4.) A Levite (Nehemiah 10:4).
THE FULL ARTICLE — from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.
sheb-a-ni'-a, she-ban'-ya (shebhanyah, in 1Ch 15:24, shebhanyahu):
(1) Name of a Levite or a Levitical family that participated in the religious rites that followed the reading of the Law (Ne 9:4). The name is given in Ne 10:10 among those that sealed the covenant.
(2) A priest or Levite who took part in the sealing of the covenant (Ne 10:4; 12:14).
See SHECANIAH.
(3) Another Levite who sealed the covenant (Ne 10:12).
(4) A priest in the time of David (1Ch 15:24).