1. Descendant of David through the line of Zerubbabel living in postexilic Palestine (1 Chr 3:21–22).→ View encyclopedia entry
2. Levite and the head of the 10th of 24 divisions of priests formed during the reign of David (1 Chr 24:11).→ View encyclopedia entry
3. One of six priests serving under Kore during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah (715–686 BC). Shecaniah assisted with the distribution of the temple offerings among his fellow priests living in the priestly cities (2 Chr 31:15).→ View encyclopedia entry
4. Father of Hattush, who returned with Ezra to Judah following the Babylonian captivity during the reign of King Artaxerxes I of Persia (464–424 BC; Ezr 8:3).→ View encyclopedia entry
5. Son of Jahaziel who returned with Ezra to Judah during the reign of King Artaxerxes I of Persia (Ezr 8:5).→ View encyclopedia entry
6. Son of Jehiel in the house of Elam, who urged Ezra to command the sons of Israel to divorce the foreign women they had married (Ezr 10:2).→ View encyclopedia entry
7. Father of Shemaiah. Shemaiah, the keeper of the East Gate, helped Nehemiah rebuild a section of the Jerusalem wall (Neh 3:29).
8. Father-in-law of Tobiah the Ammonite and the son of Arah (Neh 6:18).→ View encyclopedia entry
9. Head of a priestly family who returned to Judah with Zerubbabel following the exile (Neh 12:3). Shecaniah is perhaps identical with Shebaniah in verse 14. See Shebaniah #3.→ View encyclopedia entry