Shephatiah

Shephatiah ("Name means::YHWH has judged") is the name of at least ten men in the Bible:


 * 1) A Haruphite, and one of thirty men who were with David at Ziklag
 * 2) The fifth son of David by Abital, born to David while he reigned at Hebron
 * 3) Son of Maachah and commander of the Simeonite contingent of David's army
 * 4) Son of Reuel of Benjamin and a long-time resident of Jerusalem
 * 5) A servant of Solomon whose descendants returned from Exile with Zerubbabel
 * 6) Son of King Jehoshaphat (probably the youngest), who was killed at the hand of his brother Jehoram
 * 7) Son of Mattan and official of King Zedekiah, who induced Zedekiah to imprison Jeremiah
 * 8) The ancestor of 372 persons who returned from the Exile under the governorship of Zerubbabel
 * 9) Ancestor of Zebadiah son of Michael, another Exile returnee
 * 10) Son of Mahalaleel and descendant of Perez, whose descendant was in turn selected by lot to live in Jerusalem under then-governor Nehemiah