Person Old Testament
Shelemiah
Shelemiah was sent with Jerahmeel to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Jeremiah 36:26.
Why it matters. Sent with Jerahmeel to arrest Jeremiah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shelemiah
Shelemiah was sent with Jerahmeel in the events surrounding Jeremiah's scroll (Jer.36.26). After King Jehoiakim burned Jeremiah's scroll, which contained prophecies of judgment, he sent Jerahmeel, along with two others, to arrest Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch. However, the Lord hid them, and they were not found. Shelemiah is mentioned only as Jerahmeel's father and is not recorded as having any other role in the narrative.
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
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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)