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Shelemiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1

Whom Jehovah repays.

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The father of Hananiah (Neh 3:30).

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A priest in the time of Nehemiah (13:13).

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Father of one of those who accused Jeremiah to Zedekiah (Jer 37:3; 38:1).

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Father of a captain of the ward (Jer 37:13).

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shel-e-mi'-a, she-lem'-ya (shelemyah; Codex Vaticanus Selemia, Codex Alexandrinus (Selemias):

(1) One of the sons of Bani who married foreign wives in the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:39), called "Selemias" in 1 Esdras 9:34.

(2) Father of Hananiah who restored part of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 3:30) (Codex Vaticanus Telemia, ..., Telemias). (3) A priest who was appointed one of the treasurers to distribute the Levitical tithes by Nehemiah (Neh 13:13).

(4) The father of Jehucal (or Jucal) in the reign of Zedekiah (Jer 37:3; Jer 38:1; in the second passage the name is Shelemyahu).

(5) The father of Irijah, the captain of the ward, who arrested Jeremiah as a deserter to the Chaldeans (Jer 37:13).

(6) 1 Chr 26:14.

See MESHELEMIAH.

(7) Another of the sons of Bani who married foreign wives in the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:41). It is of interest to note that the order of names in this passage--Sharai, Azarel, and Shelemiah--is almost identical with the names in Jer 36:26, namely, Seraiah, Azriel, Shelemiah.

(8) Ancestor of Jehudi (Jer 36:14).

(9) Septuagint omits.) Son of Abdeel, one of the men sent by Jehoiakim to seize Baruch and Jeremiah after Baruch had read the "roll" in the king's presence (Jer 36:26).

Horace J. Wolf

See also

Person Shelemiah (Ezr 10,39) Person Shelemiah (Neh 3,30) Person Shelemiah (Jer 36,14) Person Shelemiah (Jer 37,3) Person Shelemiah (Jer 37,13)

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