Gemariah

Gender: Male

Years: -606 - -606

Dictionary Text: The son of Shaphan, and one of the Levites of the temple in the time of Jehoiakim;. Baruch read aloud to the people from Gemariah’s chamber, and again in the hearing of Gemariah and other scribes, the prophecies of Jeremiah, which filled him with terror. He joined with others in entreating the king not to destroy the roll of the prophecies which Baruch had read.

Disambiguation Notes: Gemariah (Scribe)

Family Members

• Father: Shaphan
• Siblings:
  • Ahikam
  • Elasah
• Children:
  • Michaiah

Verses

• Jeremiah 36:11: When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
• Jeremiah 36:25: 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.
• Jeremiah 36:12: 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.
• Jeremiah 36:10: Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD’S house, in the ears of all the people.