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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Shelemiah:

whom Jehovah repays. (1.) Ezr 10:39.

(2.) The father of Hananiah (Neh 3:30).

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

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

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

(6.) Jer 36:14.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Shelemiah:

God is my perfection; my happiness; my peace

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Shelemiah:

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 (Ezr 10:39), called "Selemias" in 1 Esdras 9:34.

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

(4) The father of Jehucal (or Jucal) in the reign of Zedekiah (Jer 37:3; 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) 1Ch 26:14.

See MESHELEMIAH.

(7) Another of the sons of Bani who married foreign wives in the time of Ezra (Ezr 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).



Written by Horace J. Wolf

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shelemiah:

(repaid by Jehovah).

(1.) One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:30). (B.C. 458)

(2.) The father of Hananiah (Nehemiah 3:30).

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

(4.) The father of Jehueal, or Jucal, in the time of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 37:3).

(5.) The father of Irijah, the captain of the ward who arrested Jeremiah (Jeremiah 37:13). (B.C. before 589)

(6.) The same as Meshelemiah and Shallum No. 8 (1 Chronicles 26:14). SEE [MESHELEMIAH], [SHALLUM, 8.].

(7.) Another of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:41).

(8.) Ancestor of Jehudi in the time of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:14).

(9.) Son of Abdeel; one of those who received the orders of Jehoiakim to take Baruch and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:26). (B.C. 604)

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