Easton's Bible Dictionary Loving God. (1.) The son of Hezron, the brother of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:9, 25, 26, etc.). (2.) The son of Kish, a Levite (1 Chronicles 24:29). (3.) Son of Hammelech (Jeremiah 36:26). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JERAHMEEL; JERAHMEELITES je-ra'-me-el, je-ra'-me-el-its (yerachme'el, "may God have compassion!"): (1) In 1 Chronicles 2:9, 25, 26, 27, 33, 42, he is described as the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah by Tamar his daughter-in-law (Genesis 38). In 1 Samuel 27:10 is mentioned the neghebh of the (ha-yerach-me'eli, a collective noun), the Revised Version (British and American) "the South of the Jerahmeelites." The latter is a tribal name in use probably before the proper name, above; their cities are mentioned in 1 Samuel 30:29. Cheyne has radical views on Jerahmeel. See EB, under the word; also T. Witton Davies in Review of Theology and Philosophy, III, 689-708 (May, 1908); and Cheyne's replies in Hibbert Journal, VII, 132-51 (October, 1908), and Decline and Fall of the Kingdom of Judah. (2) A Merarite Levite, son of Kish (1 Chronicles 24:29). (3) "The king's son," the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version margin (Jeremiah 36:26). the Revised Version margin, the King James Version have "son of Hammelech," taking the word ha-melek as a proper name. He was "probably a royal prince, one who had a king among his ancestors but not necessarily son of the ruling king; so 38:6; 1 Kings 22:26 b; especially Zechariah 1:8 written at a time when the reigning king, Josiah, could not have had a grown-up `son' " (Driver, Jeremiah, 224, note e). Jerahmeel was with two others commanded by Jehoiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch. David Francis Roberts

Multi-Version Concordance Jerahmeel (9 Occurrences) 1 Samuel 27:10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David said, "Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites." (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 2:9 The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 2:25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 2:26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 2:27 The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 2:33 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 2:42 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 24:29 Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 36:26 The king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)