Shelemiah

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

—the name of three persons in the source: (1) (2 Esd. 9:34; compare Ezra 10:39) an Israelite among the sons of Bani. (2) (Jer. 36:14) an ancestor of Jehudi, who lived in Jehoiakim’s reign. (3) (Jer. 36:25) an ancestor of one of the men whom Jehoiakim ordered to seize Jeremiah and Baruch after the prophetic scroll had been burned. See also Shelemiah.

Scripture cited

Ezra 10:39 Jeremias 36:14 Jeremias 36:25

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