Irijah
이리야
Named at Jeremiah 37:13: “a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah”. 37:13–14 says that in Benjamin’s gate he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”; that Jeremiah said, “That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans”; and, “But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.” The Korean Revised Version calls him 하나냐의 손자요 셀레먀의 아들인 이리야라 이름하는 문지기의 두목 (the chief of the gatekeepers, named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah and the grandson of Hananiah).
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- JER 37:11–16, engwebp
11When the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
12then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people.
13When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
14Then Jeremiah said, “That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
15The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
16When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
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Took part in (1) — Jeremiah, going out toward the land of Benjamin, is seized by Irijah in Benjamin’s gate and put in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe
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When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
Then Jeremiah said, “That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
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Entry: Irijah (person-irijah)
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Current wording: Named at Jeremiah 37:13: “a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah”. 37:13–14 says that in Benjamin’s gate he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”; that Jeremiah said, “That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans”; and, “But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.” The Korean Revised Version calls him 하나냐의 손자요 셀레먀의 아들인 이리야라 이름하는 문지기의 두목 (the chief of the gatekeepers, named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah and the grandson of Hananiah).
Cited evidence: JER 37:11–16, engwebp
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