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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Gemariah. Every Gemariah in the Bible

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    Gemariah

    גְּמַרְיָ֫הוּ

    Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, was a messenger sent by King Zedekiah of Judah to deliver a letter to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

    verses
    1
    first named
    Jeremiah 29:3
    last named
    Jeremiah 29:3
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Levi

    Description

    Who was Gemariah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, is mentioned in Jer.29.3 as one of the messengers sent by King Zedekiah of Judah to deliver a letter to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. The letter was written by the prophet Jeremiah and contained a message to the exiles in Babylon, urging them to settle down, build houses, plant gardens, and seek the peace and prosperity of the city where they were living (Jer.29.4-7). Gemariah, along with Elasah the son of Shaphan, was entrusted with delivering this important message. The fact that Zedekiah sent messengers to Nebuchadnezzar suggests that Judah was under Babylonian rule at the time and that the king was attempting to maintain diplomatic relations with the Babylonian empire. Gemariah's role as a messenger indicates that he was a trusted official in Zedekiah's court.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Gemariah6 of 6 entities the graph connects to Gemariah, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.HilkiahChild of · 19 versesAzariahSibling of · 4 versesKinshipBabylon1 event · 268 versesNebuchadnezzar1 event · 88 versesZedekiah1 event · 53 versesElasah2 events · 1 verseEventsGemariah

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    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Gemariah happensThe one place the claims about Gemariah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Babylon. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Gemariah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Babylon
    Divided MonarchyThe one place the claims about Gemariah reach

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    1. Jeremiah1 verse

      29:3

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    via Azariah and HilkiahSeraiahHigh priest during the reign of Zedekiahvia HilkiahHilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, Asaiah, and Huldah’s going and speaking of VisitorsHilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, Asaiah, and Huldah’s going and speaking of Visitors is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via HilkiahHilkiah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Conaniah, Shemaiah, Nethanel, Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad’s contributionHilkiah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Conaniah, Shemaiah, Nethanel, Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad’s contribution is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 10 pageable entities.via HilkiahHilkiah’s givingHilkiah’s giving is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via HilkiahHilkiah’s givingHilkiah’s giving is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via HilkiahShallumHigh priest, son of Zadok and father of Hilkiah

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