Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Shechaniah

(dweller with Jehovah).

A descendant of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21,22)

Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:3)

The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. 459.)

The son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam. (Ezra 10:2)

The father of Shemaiah, 2. (Nehemiah 3:29)

The son of Arah. (Nehemiah 6:18)

The head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:3)

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.