Person Old Testament
Shemariah
Also known as Shemariah =ESV, NIV; Shamariah =KJV
Shemariah, a son of King Rehoboam and Abihail, the daughter of Eliab. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 2 Chronicles 11:19.
Why it matters. Son of Rehoboam and Abihail
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shemariah
Shemariah was a son of King Rehoboam of Judah and his wife Abihail, the daughter of Eliab. According to 2Ch.11.19, Shemariah was born to Rehoboam along with his brothers Jeush and Zaham. Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, was the first king of the southern kingdom of Judah after the division of the united monarchy. The mention of Shemariah and his brothers highlights the royal lineage of Rehoboam and the continuation of the Davidic dynasty in Judah.
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.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
2 Chronicles (1 verse)