SHEMARIAH

(Shem·a·riʹah) [meaning “Jehovah Has Guarded”].

1. One of the ambidextrous Benjamite warriors who joined David while he was a fugitive at Ziklag.​—1Ch 12:1, 2, 5.

2. A son of King Rehoboam, hence a great-grandson of David.​—2Ch 11:18, 19.

3. One of the sons of Harim who dismissed their foreign wives and sons when Ezra came back to Jerusalem.​—Ezr 10:31, 32, 44.

4. One of the sons of Binnui who had also taken foreign wives but sent them away.​—Ezr 10:38, 41, 44.