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Jeremiah

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By: George A. Morrish

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1. Man of Libnah, whose daughter Hamutal was the wife of Josiah (2 Kings 23:31³¹Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (2 Kings 23:31); 2 Kings 24:18¹⁸Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (2 Kings 24:18); Jer. 52:1¹Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (Jeremiah 52:1)).

2. Head of a family in the tribe of Manasseh (1 Chron. 5:24²⁴And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. (1 Chronicles 5:24)).

3. One who resorted to David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:4⁴And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, (1 Chronicles 12:4)).

4-5. Two of the Gadites who resorted to David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:10,13¹⁰Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, (1 Chronicles 12:10)
¹³Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. (1 Chronicles 12:13)).

6. Son of Hilkiah, priest of Anathoth: the writer of the Book of Jeremiah. His history is contained in his prophecy. He was carried to Egypt by the rebellious Jews and his end is not recorded (2 Chron. 35:25²⁵And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. (2 Chronicles 35:25); 2 Chron. 36:12,21-22¹²And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. (2 Chronicles 36:12)
²¹To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. ²²Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, (2 Chronicles 36:21‑22); Ezra 1:1¹Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, (Ezra 1:1); Jer. 1-51).

7. Priest who sealed the covenant (Neh. 10:2²Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, (Nehemiah 10:2); Neh. 12:1,12,34¹Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, (Nehemiah 12:1)
¹²And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; (Nehemiah 12:12)
³⁴Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, (Nehemiah 12:34)).

8. Father of Jaazaniah a Rechabite (Jer. 35:3³Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; (Jeremiah 35:3)).

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