Jehudi יְהוּדִי
An official who read Jeremiah's scroll to Jehoiakim.
Who is Jehudi in the Bible?
Jehudi was an official in the court of King Jehoiakim of Judah during the reign of that unfaithful monarch. He appears in Jeremiah 36 as the messenger sent to retrieve the prophet Jeremiah's written scroll from the scribe Baruch, and he is remembered for reading that scroll aloud first to the royal officials and then to King Jehoiakim himself. As Jehudi read the words of warning from the prophet, the king contemptuously cut off sections of the scroll with a scribe's knife and burned them in the fire until the entire document was destroyed (Jer. 36:21-23). Jehudi's role in this episode illustrates the stubborn resistance of Judah's leadership to God's word, as neither the king nor his officials repented or feared despite the scroll's dire warnings of judgment.
Biography
Jehudi was an official during the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah. He was the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi. When Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, read the prophet's scroll in the temple, the officials sent Jehudi to summon Baruch and have him bring the scroll. Jehudi then read the scroll to the officials, who decided to report its contents to the king. Jehudi was then sent to read the scroll to King Jehoiakim. As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king cut off the portion with a scribe's knife and threw it into the fire until the entire scroll was burned. Despite the warnings in the scroll, neither the king nor his officials showed any fear or repentance.
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In Scripture
1 biblical book ; 1 with study contentJeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 36:14
"Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them."
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"Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him."
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"And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire."
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Names & Aliases
| Form | Language | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Named | Hebrew | יְהוּדִי |
Jehudi
rinces 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.
je-hu-di'-ja (1Ch 4:18 the King James Version).
See HA-JEHUDIJAH.
je-hu'-el (Kethibh yechu'el; but Qere yechi'-el, i.e. "Jehiel"