Bible Dictionary

Shelemiah

The name Shelemiah means “God is my perfection; my happiness; my peace”.

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(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.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

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