Shemaiah (Neh 10:8)

A person of the Babylonian exile and the return, first named at Nehemiah 10:8.

Lived: Exile and Return

Where in scripture

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 10:8 Nehemiah 12:6 Nehemiah 12:18 Nehemiah 12:34

In their own words — 1 recorded saying

“And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.” — Nehemiah 6:10

Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).