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SHELEMIAH

(Heb. šelemyâ, šelemiyāhû) (also MESHELEMIAH)

1. A Korahite, grandson of Asaph, and gatekeeper during the time of David (1 Chr. 26:14). He is called Meshelemiah at 1 Chr. 26:1 and may be the same as Shallum (8) at 9:17, 19, 31.

2.-3. Two descendants of Bani or Binnui who had married foreign women (Ezra 10:39, 41).

4. The father of Hananiah, the man who repaired a section of the wall in Jerusalem next to the East Gate (Neh. 3:30).

5. A priest whom Nehemiah put in charge of the temple storerooms along with Zadok the scribe and a Levite named Pedaiah because the three were found to be trustworthy (Neh. 13:13).

6. A son of Cushi and grandfather of Jehudi, whom Jerusalem officials sent to tell Baruch to read from the scroll of Jeremiah (Jer. 36:14).

7. One of three men King Jehoiakim sent to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah (Jer. 36:26); the son of Abdeel.

8. The father of Jehucal (Jucal), whom King Zedekiah sent to ask Jeremiah to pray for the nation (Jer. 37:3) and who subsequently recommended that Jeremiah be put to death (38:1).

9. The son of Hanniah and father of Irijah, captain of the guard sent to arrest Jeremiah (Jer. 37:13).

Robin Gallaher Branch

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SHELEMIAH

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)