מַלְכִּיָּה

Detailed Definition

• 1the father of pashur in the time of jeremiah
• 2the son of hammelech into whose dungeon jeremiah was cast
• 3the head of the 5th course of priests in the time of david
• 4one of the priests who was at the reading of the law by ezra, sealed the covenant with nehemiah, and was at the dedication of the wall with nehemiah
• 5a levite ancestor of asaph and descendant of levi through gershon
• 6son of parosh who put away a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 7son of harim who put away a foreign wife and helped repair the wall and the tower of ovens in the time of ezra and nehemiah
• 8son of rechab, leader of the district of beth haccerem, who helped repair the refuse gate in the time of nehemiah
• 9a goldsmith who helped repair the wall in the time of nehemiah