Shephatiah:

By: Emil G. Hirsch , Schulim Ochser

Name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament. 1. Son of David and Abital; their fifth child. He was born while his father was still reigning at Hebron (II Sam. iii. 4; I Chron. iii. 3). 2. A Haruphite, and one of the guard of thirty who joined David at Ziklag ( ib. xii. 5). 3. Son of Maachah and commander of the fighting men of the tribe of Simeon during the reign of David ( ib. xxvii. 16). 4. Son of Reuel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a member of a family long resident at Jerusalem ( ib. ix. 8). 5. Ancestor of the 372 persons who returned from the Exile to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel (Ezra ii. 4; Neh. vii. 9). 6. Probably the youngest son of King Jehoshaphat, and brother of King Jehoram (II Chron. xxi. 2). 7. Ancestor of Zebadiah, the son of Michael; he, with eighty members of his tribe, accompanied Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra viii. 8). 8. One of the servants of Solomon; his descendants returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Ezra ii. 57; Neh. vii. 59). 9. Son of Mahalaleel, and descendant of Perez, of the tribe of Judah, whose great-great-grandson was chosen by lot to dwell in Jerusalem when Nehemiah rebuilt the city (Neh. xi. 4). 10. Son of Mattan and anofficial of Zedekiah; he induced the king to order Jeremiah imprisoned because of his alleged seditious addresses (Jer. xxxviii. 1).