Shephatiah
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
judged of the Lord. (1.) A son of David by Abital (2 Samuel 3:4). (2.) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:5). (3.) A Simeonite prince in David’s time (1 Chronicles 27:16). (4.) One of Jehoshaphat’s sons (2 Chronicles 21:2). (5.) Ezra 2:4. (6.) Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59. (7.) One of the princes who urged the putting of Jeremiah to death (Jeremiah 38:1-4).
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.
shef-a-ti'-a, she-fat'-ya (shephaTyah, "Yah has judged"):
(1) A son of David, by Abital (2Sa 3:4; 1Ch 3:3).
(2) A Benjamite, father of Meshullam, of Jerusalem (1Ch 9:8).
(3) A Benjamite, who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:5).
(4) A prince of the Simeonites in the time of David (1Ch 27:16).
(5) A son of King Jehoshaphat (2Ch 21:2).
(6) A family, 372 of whom returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:4; Ne 7:9); 80 more males of this family, with their head, returned with Ezra (Ezr 8:8).
(7) A servant of Solomon, 392 of whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:57 f; Ne 7:59 f); "Saphat" in 1 Esdras 5:9 and "Saphatias" in 1 Esdras 8:34.
(8) A Perezzite (Judahite), some of whose descendants dwelt at Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah (Ne 11:4).
(9) A son of Mattan, a contemporary of Jeremiah (Jer 38:1).
James Orr