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Delaiah son of Shemaiah
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People
also: Delaiah
Delaiah, Shemaiah’s son, is named among officials and later joins an appeal to the king concerning a scroll.
Delaiah son of Shemaiah is a person named among the officials sitting in the secretary’s chamber in Jeremiah 36:12. The passage identifies him as Shemaiah’s son. Later, Delaiah, Elnathan, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, but the king did not listen to them in Jeremiah 36:25. This Delaiah is named in at least 2 verses in Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 36:12
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