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Shechaniah

A post-exilic descendant of David through Zerubbabel, listed in the Davidic genealogy of 1 Chronicles 3.

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Shechaniah is listed in the Davidic genealogy of 1 Chronicles 3:21–22 as a descendant of and thus part of the continuing royal line in the post-exilic period. He is identified as the father of Shemaiah and appears in the extended lineage that Chronicles traces for the house of beyond . The text records no deeds or narrative episodes involving him; he is known entirely from this genealogical notice.

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