Shecaniah


Shecaniah or Shechaniah, which means "one intimate with God", is the name of a number of characters mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
  1. A priest to whom the tenth lot came forth when David divided the priests.
  2. One of the priests who were set "to give to their brethren by courses" of the daily portion.
  3. Shechani'ah, a priest whose sons are mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:21, 22.
  4. Ezra 8:5.
  5. The first of the Jews who responded to Ezra's prayer regarding the returning exiles' marriages with foreigners.
  6. The father of Shemaiah, who repaired the wall of Jerusalem.
  7. The father-in-law of Tobiah.
  8. A priest who returned from the Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel.