Concept
Name meaning: the poor of the Lord (Hitchcock)
Freed by Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18).
(2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah’s first roll of prophecy was read (Jer. 36:12).
(3.) The head of one of the bands of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:60; Neh. 7:62).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(freed by Jehovah).
A priest in the time of David, leader of the twenty-third course of priests. (1 Chronicles 24:18) (B.C. 1014.)
“Children of Delaiah” were among the people of uncertain pedigree who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62) (B.C. 536.)
Son of Mehetabeel and father of Shemaiah. (Nehemiah 6:10) (B.C. before 410.)
Son of Shemaiah, one of the “princes” about the court of Jehoiakim. (Jeremiah 36:12,25) (B.C. 604.)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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