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Hammelech

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: H

By: George A. Morrish

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 22sec

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Father of Jerahmeel and Malchiah, as in the AV. The word is considered by some not to be a proper name, but to signify “the king,” reading “Jerahmeel, the king’s son,” and “Malchiah, the king’s son” (Jer. 36:26²⁶But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them. (Jeremiah 36:26); Jer. 38:6⁶Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. (Jeremiah 38:6)); as in the margin and the RV.

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• Hagiographa

• Halak, Mount

• Hamath, Hemath

• Hamath-Zobah

• Hammelech

• Hammoleketh