This document is about Jehoiada (Priest in Jeremiah's Time). For other homonyms, please refer to the Jehoiada document.
A priest during the time of Jeremiah (Prophet). Due to incurring God's wrath, the priesthood was replaced by Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah.
Jer 29:24You are to say to Shemaiah the Nehelamite,Jer 29:25“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests:Jer 29:26‘The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be an officer in the house of the Lord over every madman and every prophet, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar.Jer 29:27Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet among you,