Bible Person
Meaning: that hears or obeys the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference
This Shemaiah entry refers to the false prophet in Nehemiah 6:10, not to the Simeonite ancestor, the Levitical scribe, the teaching Levite, or the fathers named in Jeremiah. He belongs to the network of intimidation and false counsel opposing Nehemiah's rebuilding work. First appears in Neh 6:10.1
AI summary: This Shemaiah matters because his single cross reference reveals that opposition to Nehemiah included prophetic pretense as well as political pressure. The entry adds moral and spiritual complexity to the campaign against Jerusalem's restoration. Taken together, the material presents this Shemaiah as a false prophet aligned with opposition.1
Central Figure
Shemaiah
Meaning: that hears or obeys the Lord
A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh.
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.