Shephatiah

One of six sons born to King David during his seven-year rule at Hebron. The mother of Shephatiah was Abital, one of the wives of David (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3).

A Benjaminite and the father of Meshullam. Meshullam was one of those who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity of Israel (1 Chronicles 9:8).

A Haruphite from the tribe of Benjamin. He was one of the mighty men who came to support King David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:5).

A son of Maacah and chief officer of the Simeonites during the rule of King David (1 Chronicles 27:16).

One of the seven sons of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, who ruled from 872 to 848 BC. He was the brother of Jehoram who became sole ruler after his father died (2 Chronicles 21:1–2). He ruled from 853 to 841 BC.

An ancestor of 372 descendants who returned with Zerubbabel to Judah following the Israelite exile (Ezra 2:4; Nehemiah 7:9). Later, 81 members of the house of Shephatiah accompanied Ezra back to Palestine during the rule of King Artaxerxes I of Persia, from 464 to 424 BC (Ezra 8:8).

The founder of a household of servants of King Solomon. He returned with Zerubbabel to Judah after the Babylonian captivity of Israel (Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59).

A descendant of Perez and an ancestor of a Judahite family. They lived in Jerusalem during the period after the Israelite return from exile (Nehemiah 11:4).

A son of Mattan and a prince of Judah during the rule of King Zedekiah, from 597 to 586 BC. He became angry with the prophet Jeremiah, who was warning that Jerusalem would soon be destroyed. He, along with Gedaliah, Jucal, and Pashhur, tried to put him to death. With King Zedekiah’s permission, they put Jeremiah into a deep pit called a cistern, hoping he would die there (Jeremiah 38:1).