Tanakh vs Shemaiah - What's the difference?
tanakh | shemaiah |
The body of Jewish scripture comprising the Torah, the Neviim (prophets) and the Ketuvim (writings), corresponding roughly to the Christian Old Testament.
(biblical character) One of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:
# A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
# Neh. 3:29.
# A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37).
# A priest (Neh. 12:42).
# A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16).
# 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15.
# A Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (1 Chr. 15:8).
# A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6).
# The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8).
# A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14).
# A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10).
# A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36).
# A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32).
# One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8).
# A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:15).
# A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9).
# The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20).
# The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).
# A rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisee's in 1st century BC.
