שְׁפַטְיָה

Shephatiah = &quot Jehovah has judged&quot , a son of David by Abital David's 5th son, head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel, another head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel, a Judaite, son of Mahalaleel and father of Amariah, a prince of Judah, son of Mattan and one of the counsellors who advised king Zedekiah of Judah to kill the prophet Jeremiah, the Haruphite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag, son of Maachah and prince of the tribe of Simeon in the time of David, son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to his successor Jehoram