Person
Immer
ancestor of a priestly family
Priestly ancestor whose family formed one of the twenty-four priestly courses and returned from exile in large numbers; a Pashur son of Immer persecuted Jeremiah.
Who or what is this?
Immer was the head of a priestly family that became one of the twenty-four courses of priests organized under , holding the sixteenth lot according to 1 Chronicles 24. His family was well established by the time of the exile: 2 and 7 record that 1,052 of his descendants returned from captivity, one of the larger priestly contingents. Ezra 10 names several priests of the family of Immer among those who had taken foreign wives. In 20, a priest named Pashur son of Immer strikes Jeremiah and puts him in the stocks at the upper gate of , suggesting this was a prominent Immer-family priest in the late monarchy period.
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