Delaiah

Also known as: Delaiah the son of Shemaiah · Family: Judah · Role: prince · First appears: Jeremiah 36

Life events

• The princes summon Baruch and have him read the scroll to them.(Jeremiah 36)
  • With: Jehudi Baruch Elnathan Gemariah 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 36

• parent: Shemaiah “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.”
• with Jehoiakim (Delaiah 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.”

Also listed in Judah — Minor Figures

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