Melchias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors
mel-ki-as (Codex Vaticanus, Melcheias, Codex Vaticanus (b), Codex Alexandrinus, Melchias): Name of three men who had taken "strange wives":
(1) 1 Esdras 9:26 = "Malchijah" (Ezr 10:25).
(2) 1 Esdras 9:32 = "Malchijah" (Ezr 10:31).
(3) One of those who stood at Ezra's left hand when the law was read (1 Esdras 9:44) = "Malchijah" (Ne 8:4), possibly identical with (1) or (2).
Source of the article
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915