Shelemiah
שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ · she.lem.yah · H8018K“God is my perfection; my happiness; my peace” Hitchcock's 18691 mention, all in Jeremiah
Who he was
Shelemiah was the father of Nethaniah who was father of Jehudi, a man mentioned in Jeremiah 36:14. When Jeremiah's scribe Baruch read the prophet's scroll in the temple, the officials sent Jehudi to retrieve the scroll. Jehudi then read the scroll to the officials in the chamber of Elishama the scribe. Shelemiah's role is limited to being identified as Jehudi's father, and no other details are given about his life.
Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
Family
Family relations: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
Every mention
1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Jeremiah 1 mention
What the dictionary says
Whom Jehovah repays.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Read the article →Sources
- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain