Meremoth = "elevations"

1. a priest, son of Uriah of the family of Koz active in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem and in the 7th course of temple service in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah

2. a priest in the time of Zerubbabel

3. a returning exile of the family of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Rehum = "compassion"

1. an man who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

   1. also 'Nehum'

2. a commander who wrote a letter to the king Artaxerxes in which he opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem

3. a Levite of the family of Bani who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

4. one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

5. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah"

1. a descendant of Zerubbabel whose descendants returned from exile with Ezra

2. son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam and one who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

3. father of Shemaiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

4. son of Arah, father-in-law of Tobiah who opposed Nehemiah

5. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

6. a priest in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah