Shechaniah [Shĕcha nī'ah]—jehovah is a neighbour or jehovah hath dwelt.

1. Head of a family of David’s house, but not in succession to the throne (1 Chron. 3:21, 22).
2. A descendant of a family that returned with Ezra from exile (Ezra 8:3).
3. Another whose descendants returned from exile (Ezra 8:5).
4. A son of Jehiel who first confessed the trespass of taking strange, or non-Jewish wives (Ezra 10:2).
5. Father of Shemaiah who helped to repair the wall (Neh. 3:29).
6. Father-in-law of Tobiah, the Ammonite who opposed Nehemiah (Neh. 6:18).
7. A priest who returned with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:3).