Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

MALCHIJAH

(Heb. malkîyâ, malkîyāhû)

1. A Gershonite Levite, one of the temple musicians. He was an ancestor of Asaph, the father of Baaseiah, and the son of Ethni (1 Chr. 6:40[MT 25]).

2. A descendant of Aaron, head of a priestly family, and leader of the fifth priestly division (1 Chr. 24:9). He was an ancestor of Adaiah, who resettled in Jerusalem after the Exile (1 Chr. 9:12; Neh. 11:12).

3. A descendant of Parosh who divorced his foreign wife (Ezra 10:25).

4. A descendant of Harim who divorced his foreign wife (Ezra 10:31).

5. The son of Harim who, along with Hasshub, repaired a section of the wall and the Tower of the Ovens (Neh. 3:11). He may be the same as 4 above.

6. The ruler of the district of Beth-hakkerem, son of Rechab. He rebuilt the Dung Gate (Neh. 3:14).

7. A goldsmith who helped repair a section of the wall (Neh. 3:31).

8. One of 13 men who stood with Ezra when he read the law of Moses to the people at the Water Gate (Neh. 8:4).

9. A priest who, along with Nehemiah the governor, signed Ezra’s covenant after the Exile (Neh. 10:3[4]).

10. A priest who sang in the choir during the dedication of the wall (Neh. 12:42). He may be the same as 9 above.

See Malchijah.

Robin Gallaher Branch