This document is about Gemariah (Son_of_Hilkiah). For other homonyms, please refer to the Gemariah document. One of the envoys sent by Zedekiah (King of Judah) to Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon.
Jeremiah 29:1(after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem), the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem),Jeremiah 29:2by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon) to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon). It said:Jeremiah 29:3Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon: