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Jeremiah יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ
Returned priest. Jeremiah was one of the priests who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile, as recorded in Nehemiah.
Where Jeremiah appears
Nehemiah (4)
Key verses
- Nehemiah 10:2 first mention — Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
- Nehemiah 12:1 — Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
- Nehemiah 12:12 — And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
- Nehemiah 12:34 — Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.