Lexical Definition

‎שְׁפַטְיָה‎ Shᵉphaṭyâh (shef-at-yaw') Shephatiah ^N:N-M-P
or שְׁפַטְיָהוּ Shᵉphaṭyâhûw (shef-at-yaw'-hoo); from ‎שָׁפַט‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has judged

Shephatiah.

• § Shephatiah = "Jehovah has judged"
• Shephatjah, the name of ten Israelites

1) a son of David by Abital; David's 5th son
2) head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel
3) another head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel
4) a Judaite, son of Mahalaleel and father of Amariah
5) a prince of Judah, son of Mattan and one of the counsellors who advised king Zedekiah of Judah to kill the prophet Jeremiah
6) the Haruphite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag
7) son of Maachah and prince of the tribe of Simeon in the time of David
8) son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to his successor Jehoram

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.4

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁפַטְיָה(וּׅ‎ proper name, masculine (‎׳‎‎י‎ judged, vindicated); — usu, Σαφατια(ς):

1. ‎יָה‎-:
a. fifth son of David 2Sam 3:4 = 1Chr 3:3 (Σαβατεια, A Σαφαθια, ᵐ5^L Σαφατιας).
b. contemporary of Jeremiah Jer 38:1 (B Σαφανιας).
c. man of Judah Neh 11:4.
d. chiefs of families of restoration: (1) Ezra 2:4 = Neh 7:9; Ezra 8:8 (2) Ezra 2:57 = Neh 7:59.
e. Benjamite 1Chr 9:8.

2. ‎יָהוּ‎-:
a. son of Jehosh. 2Chr 21:2.
b. hero of David 1Chr 12:5.
c. Simeonite 1Chr 27:16.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned from exile • Ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Shephatiah, whose descendants were among the exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.4;
• only referred to as Shephatiah שְׁפַטְיָה.

Shephatiah is mentioned in Ezra 2:4, 8:8, and Nehemiah 7:9 as an ancestor of some of the exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. In Ezra 2:4 and Nehemiah 7:9, the descendants of Shephatiah are listed among the people who came back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. The number of Shephatiah's descendants is given as 372 in both passages. In Ezra 8:8, Shephatiah's descendants are mentioned again among those who returned with Ezra to Jerusalem, with a slightly different count of 300 males. These references highlight the presence of Shephatiah's family line among the returnees from the Babylonian exile and their contribution to the repopulation of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas.

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