Person Old Testament
Shema
Shema, a son of Elpaal and a descendant of Benjamin. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 8:13.
Why it matters. Son of Elpaal, a Benjaminite
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shema
Shema is mentioned in 1Ch.8.13 as one of the sons of Elpaal, who was a descendant of Benjamin. He is listed along with his brother Beriah as the heads of the fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon. Shema and Beriah drove out the inhabitants of Gath, but no additional details are given about this event or Shema's life.
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.
- Parents
- Elpaal
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)