Topic
Jehudi
3 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Jeremiah 36:14Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A Jew, an official at Jehoiakim's court who read Jeremiah's scroll to the king
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in…
- Jeremiah 36:21Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A Jew, an official at Jehoiakim's court who read Jeremiah's scroll to the king
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
- Jeremiah 36:23Smith · ISBE · Nave A Jew, an official at Jehoiakim's court who read Jeremiah's scroll to the king
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
A Jew, son of Nethaniah. He was sent by the princes to invite Baruch to read Jeremiah’s roll to them (Jer. 36:14, 21).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
je-hu'-di (yehudhi, properly "a Jew"): An officer of King Jehoiakim (Jer 36:14,21,23). He was sent by the princes to summon Baruch to read the roll containing Jeremiah's prophecies to them; he afterward read them to the king, who destroyed them. His name is noteworthy, as also is that of his grandfather Cushi (i.e. "Ethiopian"), and the two are said to point to a foreign origin.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.