the fear of the Lord
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
IRIJAH.A captain who arrested Jeremiah on the charge of intending to desert to the Chaldæans (Jer_37:13-14).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Iri'jah. (seen by the Lord). Son of Shelemiah, a captain in the ward, who met Jeremiah, in the gate of Jerusalem, called the "gate of Benjamin," accused him of being about to desert to the Chaldeans; and led him back to the princes. Jer_37:13-14. (B.C. 589).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
i-rı̄?ja (יראיּיה, yir'ı̄yāyh, ?Yah sees?): A captain at the gate of Benjamin in Jerusalem, who arrested Jeremiah the prophet on suspicion of intending to desert to the Chaldeans (Jer_37:13, Jer_37:14).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Irijah
(Heb. Yiriyah', יַרְאַיָּיה, seen by Jehovah; Sept. Σαρουϊvας, Vulg. Jerias), son of Shelemiah, and a captain of the ward at the gate of Benjamin, who arrested the prophet Jeremiah on the pretence that he was deserting to the Chaldaeans (Jer_37:13-14). B.C. 589.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.