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Delaiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1

Freed by Jehovah.

2

The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr 24:18).

3

A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah’s first roll of prophecy was read (Jer 36:12).

4

The head of one of the bands of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:60; Neh 7:62).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"):

(1) A descendant of David (1 Chr 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah").

(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (1 Chr 24:18).

(3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah (Jer 36:12; Jer 36:25).

(4) The ancestor of a post-exilic family whose genealogy was lost (Ezra 2:60; Neh 7:62; 1 Esdras 5:37 margin). See Dalan.

(5) The father of timorous Shemaiah (Neh 6:10).

See also

Person Delaiah (1 Chr 24,18) Person Delaiah (Ezr 2,60) Person Delaiah (Jer 36,12)

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).