Person Old Testament
Elishama
Elishama the secretary was an official during King Jehoiakim's reign in Judah. Mentioned in 3 verses across 1 book, first at Jeremiah 36:12.
Why it matters. A secretary during Jehoiakim's reign.
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Elishama
Elishama the secretary was an official during the reign of King Jehoiakim in Judah (Jer.36.12,20,21). He is mentioned in the context of Jeremiah's prophecies being read before the officials of Judah. When Micaiah reported the words of Jeremiah's scroll to the officials in the secretary's chamber, Elishama was present (Jer.36.12). Later, when King Jehoiakim demanded to hear the words of the scroll, Jehudi brought the scroll from Elishama's chamber and read it before the king (Jer.36.20,21). Elishama's role as a secretary suggests that he was responsible for record-keeping and administrative duties in the royal court. The Bible does not provide any further details about Elishama's life or his reaction to Jeremiah's prophecies.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.