Shelemiah
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Whom Jehovah repays. (1.) Ezra 10:39. (2.) The father of Hananiah (Neh. 3:30). (3.) A priest in the time of Nehemiah (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.
ISBE
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 ). Horace J. Wolf
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(repaid by Jehovah).
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