Shebaniah

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. A priest in the time of David1 Chronicles 15:24
• 2. A Levite who joined Nehemiah in covenantNehemiah 9:4Nehemiah 9:5Nehemiah 10:10
• 3. A priest who joined Nehemiah in covenantNehemiah 10:4Nehemiah 12:14
• 4. A Levite who joined Nehemiah in covenantNehemiah 10:12

The passages, in Bible order (7)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 7 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 1 Chronicles 15:24

   Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:242 voices

   “And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God,.... With the silver trumpets; one use of which was to blow with when the camps and ark of the Lord moved, Num 10:5. and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark; they went behind it, as the others before it, for the same purpose, as it was bringing up.

   “David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint . . . the singers with instruments--These eminent Levites were instructed to train the musicians and singers who were under them, for the solemn procession. The performers were ranged in three choirs or bands, and the names of the principal leaders are given (1Ch 15:17, 18, 21), with the instruments respectively used by each.

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2. Nehemiah 9:4

   And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 9:42 voices

   “Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites,.... On an ascent; an elevated place where the Levites used to stand when they sang at the time of sacrifice, and where they might be seen and heard by the people: Jeshua and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani; who seem to be all Levites, see Neh 8:7, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God; praying with great fervency, and making bitter lamentation for the sins of the people and their own.

   “There were probably several placed at convenient distances, to prevent confusion and the voice of one drowning those of the others. cried with a loud voice unto the Lord--Such an exertion, of course, was indispensably necessary, in order that the speakers might be heard by the vast multitude congregated in the open air.

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3. Nehemiah 9:5

   Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 9:52 voices

   “Then the Levites . . . said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God--If this prayer was uttered by all these Levites in common, it must have been prepared and adopted beforehand, perhaps, by Ezra; but it may only embody the substance of the confession and thanksgiving.

   “Then the Levites, Jeshua,....

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4. Nehemiah 10:4

   Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

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5. Nehemiah 10:10

   and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

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6. Nehemiah 10:12

   Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

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7. Nehemiah 12:14

   of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

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