Gemariah

Also known as: Gemariah the scribe / Gemariah the son of Shaphan · Family: Judah · Role: envoy · First appears: Jeremiah 29

In Jeremiah 29, Gemariah the scribe served as an envoy of Judah when Zedekiah sent him with Elasah to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar: “whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” He is identified there as the son of Hilkiah.

By Jeremiah 36, Gemariah was present among the princes when Baruch’s scroll was read after Jehudi was sent to summon him. Identified then as the son of Shaphan and the father of Michaiah, Gemariah joined Delaiah and Elnathan in pleading with Jehoiakim not to burn the scroll, but the king refused to listen.

Relationship record

Life events

• Zedekiah sent Elasah and Gemariah to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar.(Jeremiah 29 · 📍 Babylon)
  • With: Zedekiah king of Judah Elasah Nebuchadnezzar
  • “By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,”
• The princes summon Baruch and have him read the scroll to them.(Jeremiah 36)
  • With: Jehudi Baruch Delaiah Elnathan Zedekiah
  • “Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come.”

Jeremiah 29

• sender: Zedekiah king of Judah “whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon”
• parent: Hilkiah “Gemariah the son of Hilkiah”

Jeremiah 36

• parent: Shaphan “Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.”
• child: Michaiah “When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,”
• with Jehoiakim (Gemariah interceded with Jehoiakim.) “Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Prophets. Made with Rho MD.