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 (1 Chronicles 24:11).
 * 2) One of the priests who were set "to give to their brethren by courses" of the daily portion (2 Chronicles 31:15).
 * 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 (Nehemiah 3:29).
 * 7) The father-in-law of Tobiah (Nehemiah 6:18).
 * 8) A priest who returned from the Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3; marg., or Shebaniah).