Immer

Priest

Chief of a Levitical family in charge of a division of priests during King David’s time.

About Immer

Priest in the time of David. He became the ancestral head of a house of priests: Pashhur, the priest who had Jeremiah arrested and placed in stocks, was a descendant of Immer (Jer 20:1). There were 1,052 priests of the subclan of Immer who returned from the exile (1 Chr 9:12; Ezr 2:37; Neh 7:40). A descendant of Immer helped rebuild the Jerusalem wall (Neh 3:29) and 128 priests under Amashsai (also a descendant) helped resettle the city and tend the temple (Neh 11:13–14).

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Key References

1 Chronicles 24:14

the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

Ezra 2:37

the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

Jeremiah 20:1

When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

All Scripture References (5)

1 Chronicles (1)
1 Chronicles 24:14

the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

Ezra (2)
Ezra 2:37

the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

Ezra 10:20

From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

Nehemiah (1)
Nehemiah 7:40

the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

Jeremiah (1)
Jeremiah 20:1

When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,