Bible Person

Shemaiah

Meaning: that hears or obeys the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Shemaiah entry refers to the Levite scribe in 1 Chronicles 24:6, not to the Simeonite ancestor, the teaching Levite, the false prophet, or the fathers named in Jeremiah. He belongs to the ordered priestly structure of David's reign. First appears in 1 Chr 24:6.1

AI summary: This Shemaiah matters because his single cross reference places him in the work of recording the priestly divisions. The entry helps show that worship order depended on careful documentation as well as lineage and ritual. Taken together, the material presents this Shemaiah as a Levitical scribe in David's priestly organization.1

Central Figure

Shemaiah

Meaning: that hears or obeys the Lord

A Levite (1 Chr.