Delaiah
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah
the son of Mehetabeel, who [was] shut up; and he said, Let us
meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let
us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay
thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee....
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The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to
Maaziah....
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The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children
of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two....
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is the name of several Biblical persons:
Son of Shemaiah, and officer to King Jehoiakim of Judah. He
was one of the officers present at the delivery of a scroll
sent by Jeremiah, (Jer. 36:12 ) and one of those who asked the
king not to burn the scroll. (ibid. 36:25 )
Son of Elioenai, a descendant of the royal Davidic line
through Jeconiah. (I C...
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de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"):
(1) A descendant of David (1 Ch 3:24; the King James Version
"Dalaiah").
(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (1 Ch
24:18).
(3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to
destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah (Jer
36:12,25).
(4) The ancestor of a post-exilic f...
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1. Head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order
1Ch 24:18
-2. A prince of Judah
Jer 36:12,25
-3. A progenitor of certain Babylonish captives
Ezr 2:60; Ne 7:62
-4. Father of a false prophet
Ne 6:10
-5. A descendant of the loyal line of Judah
Also called DALAIAH
1Ch 3:24...
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(freed by Jehovah).
1. A priest in the time of David, leader of the
twenty-third course of priests. 1Ch 24:18 (B.C. 1014.)
2. "Children of Delaiah" were among the people of
uncertain pedigree who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel.
Ezr 2:60; Ne 7:62 (B.C. 536.)
3. Son of Mehetabeel and father of Shemaiah. Ne 6:10
(B.C. before 410.)
4. So...
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freed by Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-third division
of
the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18).
(2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to
whom
Jeremiah's first roll of prophecy was read (Jer.
36:12).
(3.) The head of one of the bands of exiles that
returned
under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:60; Neh. 7:62)....
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("Jehovah's freedman"); the modern Godfrey.
1. 1 Chronicles 24:18.
2. Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62; Nehemiah 7:64.
3. Nehemiah 6:10.
4. Interceded that king Jehoiakim would not burn
Jeremiah's prophetic roll, but in vain (Jeremiah 36:12;
Jeremiah 36:25)....
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