Bible Strands
Shelemiah
the name means thankoffering of Jah Strong's Lexicon
Shelemiah was sent with Jerahmeel to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Whom Jehovah repays. (1.) Ezra 10:39.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Abdeel
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Jeremiah 36:26.
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Verses that name Shelemiah
- Jeremiah 36:26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.