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Delaiah (Jer 36:12)
Son of Shemaiah, in the divided monarchy of Israel and Judah. Named in scripture at Jeremiah 36:12.
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Where in scripture
Jeremiahhe went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s room: and behold, all the princes were sitting there, Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
Jeremiah 36:12
Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.
Jeremiah 36:25
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.