Shephatiah

shef-a-ti'-a, she-fat'-ya (shephaTyah, "Yah has judged"):

See a list of verses on SHEPHATIAH in the Bible.

(1) A son of David, by Abital (2Sa 3:4; 1Ch 3:3).

(2) A Benjamite, father of Meshullam, of Jerusalem (1Ch 9:8).

See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

(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


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