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1. Descendant of David through the line of Zerubbabel living in postexilic Palestine (1 Chr 3:21-22).

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21 Hananyah’s descendants were Pelatyah, Yeshayah (Isaiah), and the sons of Refayah, of Arnan, of Ovadyah (Obadiah), and of Shekanyah.

OET-RV CH1 3:22

22 Shekanyah’s six descendants were Shemayah and Shemayah’s sons Hatush, Yigal, Bariah, Nearyah, and Shafat.

OET-LV CH1 3:21

21 And_the _son _of Ḩₐnan^yāh was_Pəlaţ^yāh and_Yəshaˊ^yāh/(Jeshaiah) the _sons _of Rəfā^yāh the _sons _of ʼArnān the _sons _of ˊOⱱad^yāh the _sons _of Shəkan^yāh.

OET-LV CH1 3:22

22 And_the _sons of _Shəkan^yāh were_Shəmaˊ^yāh and_the _sons of _Shəmaˊ^yāh were_Ḩaţţūsh and_Yigʼāl/(Igal) and_Bārīaḩ and_Nəˊar^yāh and_Shāfāţ six.

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2. Levite and the head of the 10th of 24 divisions of priests formed during the reign of David (1 Chr 24:11).

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OET-RV CH1 24:11

11 Yeshua and Shekanyah,

OET-LV CH1 24:11

11 To_Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) the_ninth to_Shəkan^yāh the_tenth.

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3. One of six priests serving under Kore during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah (715–686 BC). Shecaniah assisted with the distribution of the temple offerings among his fellow priests living in the priestly cities (2 Chr 31:15).

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OET-RV CH2 31:15

15 Eden, Minyamin, Yeshua, Shemayah, Amaryah, and Shekanyah faithfully assisted him in the priests’ cities to distribute those things to the different divisions of priests, regardless of their status or size.

OET-LV CH2 31:15

15 And_were_on his/its_hand ˊĒden and_Minyāmīn and_Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) and_Shəmaˊ^yāh ʼAmar^yāh and_Shəkan^yāh in_the _cities _of the _priests in_faithfulness to_distribute to_brothers _of_their by_divisions as_great as_small.

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4. Father of Hattush, who returned with Ezra to Judah following the Babylonian captivity during the reign of King Artaxerxes I of Persia (464–424 BC; Ezr 8:3).

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OET-RV EZR 8:3

• 3 from the descendants of Shekanyah and Par’osh: Zekaryah (Zechariah) and a hundred and fifty other men,

OET-LV EZR 8:3

3 From_(the)_sons of _Shəkan^yāh from_(the)_sons of _Parˊosh/(Parosh) Zəkar^yāh and_with_him a _genealogical _list of_males one _hundred and_fifty.

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5. Son of Jahaziel who returned with Ezra to Judah during the reign of King Artaxerxes I of Persia (Ezr 8:5).

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OET-RV EZR 8:5

• 5 from the descendants of Shekanyah: Yahaziel’s son and three hundred other men,

OET-LV EZR 8:5

5 From_(the)_sons of _Shəkan^yāh the _son _of Yaḩₐzī^ʼēl/(Jahaziel) and_with_him were_three hundred(s) the_males.

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6. Son of Jehiel in the house of Elam, who urged Ezra to command the sons of Israel to divorce the foreign women they had married (Ezr 10:2).

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OET-RV EZR 10:2

2 Then Yehiel’s son Shekanyah (from the sons of Eylam) answered and admitted to Ezra, “We ourselves have behaved unfaithfully towards our god and have married foreign women from the other people groups in this region. But there’s still hope for Yisrael (Israel) concerning this.

OET-LV EZR 10:2

2 And_he _answered Shəkan^yāh the _son _of Yəḩī^ʼēl/(Jehiel) from_(the)_sons of _ˊĒylām and_he/it _said to_ˊEzrāʼ we we _have _acted _unfaithfully against_god _of_our and_we _have _married women foreign from_the _peoples _of the_earth/land and_now there_is hope for_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) on this.

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7. Father of Shemaiah. Shemaiah, the keeper of the East Gate, helped Nehemiah rebuild a section of the Jerusalem wall (Neh 3:29).

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OET-RV NEH 3:29

29 Next to them, Imer’s son Tsadok repaired opposite his house, then Shekanyah’s son Shemayah the gatekeeper at the Eastern Gate repaired the next section.

OET-LV NEH 3:29

29 After_him Tsādōq/(Zadok) the _son _of ʼImmēr he _repaired before house _of_his _own and_after_him Shəmaˊ^yāh the _son _of Shəkan^yāh the _keeper _of the _gate _of the _east he _repaired.

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OET-RV NEH 6:18

18 because many people in Yehudah had ties with him because he was the son-in-law of Arah’s son Shekanyah, plus his son Yehohanan had married Berekyah’s daughter Meshulam.

OET-LV NEH 6:18

18 If/because many_people in_Yəhūdāh were_masters _of oath to_him/it if/because was_a _son-in-law he of_Shəkan^yāh the _son _of ʼĀraḩ and_Yəhōḩānān/(Jehohanan) his/its_son he _had _taken DOM the _daughter _of Məshullām the _son _of Berek^yāh.

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9. Head of a priestly family who returned to Judah with Zerubbabel following the exile (Neh 12:3). Shecaniah is perhaps identical with Shebaniah in verse 14. See Shebaniah #3.

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