Person Old Testament
Kolaiah
Kolaiah, a false prophet among the exiles in Babylon. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Jeremiah 29:21.
Why it matters. False prophet in Babylon
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Kolaiah
Kolaiah son of Maaseiah was a false prophet among the Jewish exiles in Babylon during the time of Jeremiah. The Lord declared that he and Ahab son of Kolaiah would be delivered into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who would put them to death as people watched. Their names would be used in a curse by the exiles, saying, "May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned in the fire" (Jer.29.21-22). Kolaiah's false prophecies and immoral behavior led to his disgraceful demise.
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 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Jeremiah (1 verse)