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(Heb. Shelemyah', ùֶׁìֶîְéָä ; but [except in Ezr_10:39; Neh_3:30; Neh_13:13; Jer_37:3; Jer_37:13] in the prolonged form, Shelemya'hu,
ùֶׁìֵîַéָäåּ , repaid of Jehovah; Sept. Óáëåìßá or Óåëåìßáò ), 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 (1Ch_26:14). B.C. 1043. In 1Ch_9:21; 1Ch_26:1-2, he is called MESHELEMIAH; in Neh_12:25, MESHULLAM; and in 1Ch_9:17; 1Ch_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 (Jer_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 (Jer_37:3; Jer_38:1). B.C. ante 589.
4. Son of Hananiah and father of Irijah, which latter arrested Jeremiah as he was leaving the city (Jer_37:13). B.C. ante 589.
5. Son of Abdeel and one of those ordered to apprehend Baruch and Jeremiah (Jer_36:26). B.C. 604.
6. One of the “sons” of Bani who renounced their Gentile wives after the captivity (Ezr_10:39). B.C. 458.
7. Another of the “sons” of Bani who did the same (Ezr_10:41). B.C. 458.
8. Father of the Hananiah who repaired part of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh_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 Neh_3:8 as the father of Hananiah.
9. A priest appointed by Nehemiah as commissary of the Levitical tithes (Neh_8:13). B.C. cir. 434.