Bible Person

Jehudi

Male · 3 cross references

Jehudi is the court messenger who is sent to summon Baruch and later reads Jeremiah's scroll before King Jehoiakim. He is a minor but vivid figure in one of Jeremiah's most dramatic confrontation scenes. First appears in Jer 36:14.1

AI summary: Jehudi matters because the cross references position him as the reader and carrier of a prophetic word in the tense space between princes, scribe, prophet, and king. His role underscores how God's warning moves through ordinary intermediaries before the king defiantly rejects it. Taken together, the material presents Jehudi as a court figure caught inside the moment when Judah's leadership hears and resists prophetic truth.1

Central Figure

Jehudi

A Jew, son of Nethaniah.