Shemaiah

Mentioned 974–969 BC traditional (Jones)

A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Tagged in: 5 verses

Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
Named in the same verses as Rehoboam, Shishak, Iddo, and Jeroboam.

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.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Shemaiah, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

likely location: Jerusalem2

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 999–944 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

5 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

1 Kings1
2 Chronicles4

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Shemaiah 40
KJV	Shemaiah 41
ASV	Shemaiah 41

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Every verse

All 5 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

1 Kings1 verse

12:22
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

2 Chronicles4 verses

11:2
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
12:5
Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
12:7
When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
12:15
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

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