8 others in the registry answer to the name Shephatiah. Every Shephatiah in the Bible
person
Shephatiah
שְׁפַטְיָהוּ
Shephatiah, the son of Mattan, an official during King Zedekiah's reign who opposed Jeremiah.
- verses
- 1
- first named
- Jeremiah 38:1
- last named
- Jeremiah 38:1
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- role
- Man
Description
Who was Shephatiah?
Shephatiah, the son of Mattan, was an official during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, as mentioned in Jer.38.1. Along with other officials named Gedaliah, Jucal, and Pashhur, Shephatiah heard the words that Jeremiah was speaking to the people, urging them to surrender to the Babylonians to save their lives. The officials, including Shephatiah, reported Jeremiah's words to King Zedekiah and accused the prophet of discouraging the soldiers and the people. They requested permission to put Jeremiah to death, which the king granted. This incident highlights Shephatiah's opposition to Jeremiah's prophetic message and his role in the persecution of the prophet.
Relations
Direct connections
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Child of
- MattanregistryJeremiah 38:1
Stands in the same events as
Places
Where this happens
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No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.
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The pattern
Where Shephatiah is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in Jeremiah (1).
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Onward
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Where they appear
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