Malchiah, Malchijah

[Malchi’ah] [Malchi’jah]

1. Son of Ethni, a Gershonite. 1Ch 6:40.

2. A priest, father of Pashur. 1Ch 9:12; Neh 11:12; Jer 38:1. Called MELCHIAH in Jer 21:1.

3. Head of the fifth course of priests. 1Ch 24:9.

4-6. Three who had taken strange wives. Ezr 10:25; Ezr 10:31.

7-9. Three who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem. Neh 3:11; Neh 3:14; Neh 3:31.

10. One who stood by Ezra when he read the law. Neh 8:4.

11. Priest who sealed the covenant; and probably the same that assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Neh 10:3; Neh 12:42.

12. Son of Hammelech, into whose dungeon Jeremiah was cast. Jer 38:6.