SHELEMIAH

(Shel·e·miʹah) [Jehovah is recompense; or, communion sacrifice of Jehovah].

1. A Levitical gatekeeper assigned by lot to the E of the sanctuary during David’s reign.—1 Chron. 26:14; see MESHELEMIAH.

2. Grandfather of Jehoiakim’s officer Jehudi; son of Cushi.—Jer. 36:14.

3. Father of Zedekiah’s messenger Jehucal (Jucal).—Jer. 37:3; 38:1.

4. Father of Irijah, the officer in charge of Jerusalem’s gate of Benjamin; son of Hananiah.—Jer. 37:13.

5. One of the messengers of King Jehoiakim sent to bring Jeremiah and Baruch before him; son of Abdeel.—Jer. 36:26.

6, 7. Two men listed among the sons or descendants of Binnui who, on Ezra’s return to Jerusalem in 468 B.C.E., sent away their foreign wives.—Ezra 10:38, 39, 41, 44.

8. Father of the Hananiah who helped repair Jerusalem’s wall.—Neh. 3:30.

9. A priest, and one of those whom Nehemiah, on his second visit to Jerusalem, entrusted with the stores and distribution of the tithes to their proper recipients.—Neh. 13:6, 7, 12, 13.