SHEMARIAH

(Shem·a·riʹah) [Jehovah has kept, preserved].

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

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

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

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