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Malchijah

מַלְכִּיָּהוּ · mal.kiy.yah · H4441H2 mentions in 2 books, most in 1 Chronicles (1)

Who he was

Malchijah was a priest who lived during the time of Nehemiah, after the return of the Jews from Babylonian exile. He is mentioned in the lists of priests and Levites who settled in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12).

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Family

FatherHammelechSiblingsJerahmeelChildrenPashhur
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Every mention

2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Chronicles 1 mention

1 Chronicles 9:12and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

Nehemiah 1 mention

Nehemiah 11:12and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur…

What the dictionary says

mal-ki'-ja (malkiyah, "Yah is king"; Melcheias, with variants): (1) A Levite, descendant of Gershom, of those whom David set over the "service of sting" in…

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
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