shem - a - rı̄´a , shḗ - mar´ya ( שׁמריה , shemaryāh and שׁמריהוּ , shemaryāhū , "whom Jahveh guards"):
(1) A B enjamite warrior who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:5 , Codex Vaticanus Σαμμαραιά , Sammaraiá ; Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Σαμαριά , Samariá ; Lucian, Σαμαρίας , Samarı́as ).
(2) A son of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:19 ).
(3) One of the sons of Harim who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:32 , Codex Vaticanus Σαμαρεία , Samareiá , Lucian, Σαμαρίας , Samarı́as ; Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus Σεμαριά , Semariá ).
(4) One of the sons of Bani who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:41 , Codex Alexandrinus Σαμαρείας , Samareı́as ; Codex Vaticanus Σαμαρειά , Samareiá ; Lucian, Σαμαρίας , Samarı́as ).
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