Person
Shema
Benjamite tribal head
A Benjamite family head from Aijalon who, with his brother Beriah, drove out the inhabitants of Gath, per 1 Chronicles 8.
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Shema is listed in the Benjamite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 8:13 among the family heads who lived in . The text credits him and his brother Beriah with having driven out the inhabitants of . This brief notice is the only information the Bible provides about him; he belongs to the tribal registers of rather than any extended narrative.
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