Bible Strands
Shelemiah
the name means thankoffering of Jah Strong's Lexicon
Shelemiah, the father of Irijah, the guard who arrested Jeremiah.
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.
Family
Parents
Hananiah
Children
Irijah
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Jeremiah 37:13.
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Verses that name Shelemiah
- Jeremiah 37:13 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”