Person Old Testament
Shelemiah
Shelemiah, a priest during King Zedekiah's reign; father of Jehucal. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Jeremiah 37:3.
Why it matters. Priest during Zedekiah's reign
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shelemiah
Shelemiah was a priest who lived during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. He was the father of Jehucal (or Jucal), who was one of the officials sent by Zedekiah to ask Jeremiah to pray for the people (Jer.37.3). Later, Jehucal was among the officials who accused Jeremiah of discouraging the soldiers and sought to have him put to death (Jer.38.1-4). Shelemiah's role is limited to being mentioned as Jehucal's father.
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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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Children
- Jehucal
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.