Person Old Testament
Shecaniah
Also known as Shecaniah =ESV; Shekaniah =NIV; Shechaniah =KJV
Shecaniah, whose daughter married Tobiah the Ammonite, an enemy of Nehemiah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 6:18.
Why it matters. Father-in-law of Tobiah the Ammonite
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shecaniah
Shecaniah is mentioned in Neh.6.18 as the father-in-law of Tobiah the Ammonite, who opposed Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Shecaniah's daughter was married to Tobiah, giving Tobiah a connection to some of the nobles of Judah. This family tie may have helped Tobiah gain influence to undermine Nehemiah's work.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)