Shecaniah

'''Shecaniah''' or '''Shechaniah''', which means "one intimate with God", is the name of a number of characters mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

#A priest to whom the tenth lot came forth when David divided the priests (1 Chronicles 24:11). #One of the priests who were set "to give to their brethren by courses" of the daily portion (2 Chronicles 31:15). #Shechani'ah, a priest whose sons are mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:21, 22. #Ezra 8:5. #The first of the Jews who responded to Ezra's prayer regarding the returning exiles' marriages with foreigners.<ref>{{bibleverse||Ezra|10:2-4|NKJV}}</ref> #The father of Shemaiah, who repaired the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:29). #The father-in-law of Tobiah (Nehemiah 6:18). #A priest who returned from the Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3; marg., or Shebaniah).

==See also== * Shekhinah

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