Shelemiah

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Levite gatekeeper in the time of David.   1 Chronicles 26:14 . Called Meshelemiah in  1 Chronicles 26:1 , and perhaps Shallum in  1 Chronicles 9:17 .

2,3. Two who had married strange wives.   Ezra 10:39,41 .

4. Father of Hananiah who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem.   Nehemiah 3:30 .

5. Priest who was made a treasurer on the return from exile.   Nehemiah 13:13 .

6. Son of Cushi.   Jeremiah 36:14 .

7. Son of Abdeel: he was ordered by Jehoiakim to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah.   Jeremiah 36:26 .

8. Father of Jehucal, or Jucal.   Jeremiah 37:3;  Jeremiah 38:1 .

9. Son of Hananiah.   Jeremiah 37:13 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shelemi'ah. (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, 8 .  1 Chronicles 26:14.

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).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  Ezra 10:39.

2.  Nehemiah 3:30; probably the same as in  Nehemiah 8:8, one of the priests who made the sacred perfumes and incense, "apothecaries."

3. Over "the treasuries" of Levitical tithes ( Nehemiah 13:13).

4.  Jeremiah 37:3.

5.  Jeremiah 37:13.

6. Meshelemiah or Shallum ( 1 Chronicles 26:1;  1 Chronicles 26:14).

7.  Ezra 10:41.

8.  Jeremiah 36:14.

9.  Jeremiah 36:26.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Shelemiah . 1. 2 . Two of the sons of Bani, who married a ‘strange’ wife (  Ezra 10:39;   Ezra 10:41 [ Selemias in 1Es 9:34 (41)]). 3 . Father of Hananiah (  Nehemiah 3:30 ). 4 . A priest (  Nehemiah 13:18 ). 5 . The father of Jehucal or Jucal (  Jeremiah 37:3 ). 6 . The father of Irijah (  Jeremiah 37:13 ). 7 .   1 Chronicles 26:14 . See Meshelemiah. 8 . Ancestor of Jehudi (  Jeremiah 36:14 ). 9 . Son of Abdeel (  Jeremiah 36:26 ).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 37:3 2 Jeremiah 37:13 3 Jeremiah 36:14 4 Jeremiah 36:26 5 1 Chronicles 26:14 1 Chronicles 26:9 6 Ezra 10:39 10:41 8 Nehemiah 3:30 9 Nehemiah 13:13

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 36:14 .

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Shelemiah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/s/shelemiah.html. 1897.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

There were several of this nameThe ( Ezra 10:41;  Nehemiah 13:13) Lord is my peace, is the meaning of this name, from Jab, the Lord—and Shalem, peace.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Shelemyah', שֶׁלֶמְיָה ; but [except in  Ezra 10:39;  Nehemiah 3:30;  Nehemiah 13:13;  Jeremiah 37:3;  Jeremiah 37:13] in the prolonged form, Shelemya ' Hu,

שֶׁלֵמַיָהוּ , Repaid Of Jehovah ; Sept. Σαλεμία or Σελεμίας ), the name of nine Hebrews.

1. A Levite appointed to guard the east entrance to the tabernacle under David, while his son Zechariah had the northern gate ( 1 Chronicles 26:14). B.C. 1043. In  1 Chronicles 9:21;  1 Chronicles 26:1-2, he is called MESHELEMIAH; in  Nehemiah 12:25, MESHULLAM; and in  1 Chronicles 9:17;  1 Chronicles 9:31, SHALLUM.

2. Son of Cushi and father of Netaniah, which latter was father of the Jehudi whom the princes sent to Baruch with an invitation to read Jeremiah's roll to them ( Jeremiah 36:14). B.C. much ante 605.

3. Father of Jehucal or Jucal, which latter Zedekiah ordered to request Jeremiah to interceded for the city ( Jeremiah 37:3;  Jeremiah 38:1). B.C. ante 589.

4. Son of Hananiah and father of Irijah, which latter arrested Jeremiah as he was leaving the city ( Jeremiah 37:13). B.C. ante 589.

5. Son of Abdeel and one of those ordered to apprehend Baruch and Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 36:26). B.C. 604.

6. One of the "sons" of Bani who renounced their Gentile wives after the captivity ( Ezra 10:39). B.C. 458.

7. Another of the "sons" of Bani who did the same ( Ezra 10:41). B.C. 458.

8. Father of the Hananiah who repaired part of the walls of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:30). B.C. ante 446. He is perhaps the same as "one of the apothecaries," i.e. manufacturers of the sacred incense, who is mentioned in  Nehemiah 3:8 as the father of Hananiah.

9. A priest appointed by Nehemiah as commissary of the Levitical tithes ( Nehemiah 8:13). B.C. cir. 434.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shel - ḗ - mı̄´a , shḗ - lem´ya ( שׁלמיה , shelemyāh  ; Codex Vaticanus Σελεμιά , Selemiá , Codex Alexandrinus Σελεμίας , Selemı́as ):

(1) One of the sons of Bani who married foreign wives in the time of Ezra ( Ezra 10:39 ), called "Selemias" in 1 Esdras 9:34.

(2) Father of Hananiah who restored part of the wall of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:30 ) (Codex Vaticanus Τελεμιά , Telemiá , ,א Τελεμίας , Telemı́as ).

(3) A priest who was appointed one of the treasurers to distribute the Levitical tithes by Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 13:13 ).

(4) The father of Jehucal (or Jucal) in the reign of Zedekiah ( Jeremiah 37:3;  Jeremiah 38:1; in the second passage the name is Shelemyāhū ).

(5) The father of Irijah, the captain of the ward, who arrested Jeremiah as a deserter to the Chaldeans ( Jeremiah 37:13 ).

(6)  1 Chronicles 26:14 . See Meshelemiah .

(7) Another of the sons of Bani who married foreign wives in the time of Ezra ( Ezra 10:41 ). It is of interest to note that the order of names in this passage - S harai, Azarel, and Shelemiah - is almost identical with the names in  Jeremiah 36:26 , namely, Seraiah, Azriel, Shelemiah.

(8) Ancestor of Jehudi ( Jeremiah 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 ( Jeremiah 36:26 ).