Bible Person

Shemaiah

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

This Shemaiah entry refers to the Reubenite ancestor in 1 Chronicles 5:4 and the father of Gog, not to the many later Levitical and post-exilic figures of the same name. He belongs to the preserved family record of the eastern tribes. First appears in 1 Chr 5:4.1

AI summary: This Shemaiah matters because his single cross reference carries a Reubenite line forward through a remembered father-son link. Even a brief paternal notice contributes to the continuity and structure of tribal memory east of the Jordan. Taken together, the material presents this Shemaiah as a genealogical figure in Reuben's preserved lineage.1

Central Figure

Shemaiah

Meaning: that hears or obeys the Lord