Delaiah
Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet
(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.)
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