First name Shephatiah in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Shephatiah is the name of the fifth-born son of King David (2SA 3:4), as well as name of son of Reuel (1CH 9:8), the Haruphite (1CH 12:5), and chief officer for the Simeonites, son of Maacah (1CH 27:16)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: the Lord that judges. Related names are: Zechariah, Maacah, Israel . The translations of Shephatiah in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the ichthys
below, from Hepatia in Maori to Σαφατιας in Greek!
Wear it!And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; (2SA 3:4)
The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. (1CH 3:3)
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, (1CH 12:5)
Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: (1CH 27:16)
And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. (2CH 21:2)
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. (EZR 2:4)
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. (EZR 2:57)
And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. (EZR 8:8)
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. (NEH 7:9)
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. (NEH 7:59)
And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; (NEH 11:4)
Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, (JER 38:1)
And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; (1CH 9:8)