Samatus
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Samatus ( 1Es 9:34 ) = Shallum , Ezra 10:42 .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
sam´a - tus ( Σάματος , Sámatos ): One of the sons of Ezora who put away their "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:34). It is difficult to say which, if any, name it represents in parallel Ezra 10:34 ff, where no "sons of Ezora" are inserted between "sons of Bani" and "sons of Nebo": probably Shallurn ( Ezra 10:42 ), but possibly Shemariah ( Ezra 10:41 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( Σαματός ; Vulg. Semedius ) , given in the Apocrypha ( 1 Esdras 9:34) as the name of the fourth of the six sons of Osora (i.e. Abiah or Mochnadebai) among those Israelites who had married foreign wives after the captivity; but the Heb. list ( Ezra 10:41-42) contains the names Shelemiah, Shemariah, and Shallum in the corresponding place.
