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shel-eÌ„Ì-mı̄´a, sheÌ„Ì-lem´ya (ש×למיה, shelemyaÌ„h; Codex Vaticanus ΣελεμιαÌ, SelemiaÌ, Codex Alexandrinus ΣελεμιÌας, SelemıÌas):
(1) One of the sons of Bani who married foreign wives in the time of Ezra (), called “Selemias†in 1 Esdras 9:34.
(2) Father of Hananiah who restored part of the wall of Jerusalem () (Codex Vaticanus ΤελεμιαÌ, TelemiaÌ, ,× Î¤ÎµÎ»ÎµÎ¼Î¹Ìας, TelemıÌas).
(3) A priest who was appointed one of the treasurers to distribute the Levitical tithes by Nehemiah ().
(4) The father of Jehucal (or Jucal) in the reign of Zedekiah (; ; 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 ().
(6) . See MESHELEMIAH.
(7) Another of the sons of Bani who married foreign wives in the time of Ezra (). 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 , namely, Seraiah, Azriel, Shelemiah.
(8) Ancestor of Jehudi ().
(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 ().