Berechiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ber-e-ki'-a (berekhyah, berekhyahu, "Yahweh blesses," HPN, 216, 287): (1) A descendant of David (1 Ch 3:20). (2) The father of Asaph, the singer (1 Ch 6:39 the King James Version "Berachiah"; 1 Ch 15:17). (3) A former inhabitant of Jerusalem, a Levee (1 Ch 9:16). (4) A doorkeeper 'for the ark at David's time (1 Ch 15:23). (5) One of the heads of the children of Ephraim (2 Ch 28:12). (6) The father of Meshullam the builder (Neh 3:4,30; 6:18). (7) The father of the prophet Zechariah (Zec 11:7). A. L. Breslich