Gemariah: Jehovah has made perfect.1. The son of Shaphan, and one of the Levites of the temple in the
time of Jehoiakim
(Jeremiah 36:10; 2 Kings 22:12) Baruch read aloud to the
people from Gemariah's chamber, and again in the hearing of
Gemariah and other scribes, the prophecies of Jeremiah
(Jeremiah 36:11-20) which filled him with terror. He joined with
others in entreating the king not to destroy the roll of the
prophecies which Baruch had read
(Jeremiah 36:21-25)
2. The son of Hilkiah, who accompanied Shaphan with the
tribute-money from Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar, and was the
bearer at the same time of a letter from Jeremiah to the Jewish
captives at Babylon
(Jeremiah 29:3,4)
