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Shavsha

Also called Seraiah, Sheva, and Shisha

Mentioned 1039–1013 BC traditional (Jones)

(“Seraiah,” 2 Sam. 8:17; “Shisha,” 1 Kings 4:3), one of David’s secretaries (1 Chr. 18:16).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Children
Ahiah, Elihoreph
Tagged in
4 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1064–988 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 4 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

4 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Samuel2
  2. 1 Kings1
  3. 1 Chronicles1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBShavsha 1Seraiah 19Sheva 2Shisha 1
KJVShavsha 1Seraiah 20Sheva 2Shisha 1
ASVShavsha 1Seraiah 20Sheva 2Shisha 1

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 4 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Samuel2 verses
  1. 8:17

    Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

  2. 20:25

    Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

1 Kings1 verse
  1. 4:3

    Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

1 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 18:16

    Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

(“Seraiah,” 2 Sam. 8:17; “Shisha,” 1 Kings 4:3), one of David’s secretaries (1 Chr. 18:16).