Shephatiah [Shĕpha tī'ah]—jehovah is judge.

1. The fifth son of David by Abital (2 Sam. 3:4; 1 Chron. 3:3).
2. A Benjamite, father of Meshullam whose home was in Jerusalem (1 Chron. 9:8).
3. A valiant man who came to David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:5).
4. A prince of Simeon in David’s reign (1 Chron. 27:16).
5. A son of king Jehoshaphat (2 Chron. 21:2).
6. A person whose many descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:4; Neh. 7:9).
7. One of Solomon’s servants who also returned from exile (Ezra 2:57; Neh. 7:59).
8. One whose descendant, Zebadiah, returned from exile with eighty males (Ezra 8:8).
9. A descendant of Pharez, who dwelt in Jerusalem (Neh. 11:4).
10. A son of Mattan, a prince of Judah in Zedekiah’s time (Jer. 38:1).