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Maaseiah
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The source enumerates 6 distinct subjects under Maaseiah. Jump to one below, or read in order.
- 1.One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr.
- 2.One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in restoring king…
- 3.The “king’s son,” probably one of the sons of king Ahaz, killed by Zichri in the…
- 4.One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chr.
- 5.The father of the priest Zephaniah (Jer.
- 6.The father of the false prophet Zedekiah (Jer.
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Maaseiah (1)
#One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr. 15:18, 20).
Maaseiah (2)
#One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chr. 23:1).
Maaseiah (3)
#The “king’s son,” probably one of the sons of king Ahaz, killed by Zichri in the invasion of Judah by Pekah, king of Israel (2 Chr. 28:7).
Maaseiah (4)
#One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chr. 34:8). He was governor (Heb. sar, rendered elsewhere in the Authorized Version “prince,” “chief captain,” chief ruler”) of Jerusalem.
Maaseiah (5)
#Maaseiah (6)
#The father of the false prophet Zedekiah (Jer. 29:21).
Maase’iah, refuge is Jehovah, a priest, the father of Neriah (Jer. 32:12; 51:59).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(work of the Lord), the name of four persons who had married foreign wives. In the time of Ezra,
A descendant of Jeshua the priest. (Ezra 10:18) A priest, of the sons of Harim. (Ezra 10:21) A priest, of the sons of Pashur. (Ezra 10:22) One of the laymen, a descendant of Pahath-moab. (Ezra 10:30) The father of Azariah. (Nehemiah 3:23) One of those who stood on the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people. (Nehemiah 8:4) A Levite who assisted on the same occasion. (Nehemiah 8:7) One of the heads of the people whose descendants signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:25) Son of Baruch the descendant of Pharez the son of Judah, (Nehemiah 11:5) A Benjamite, ancestor of Sallu. (Nehemiah 11:7) Two priests of this name are mentioned, (Nehemiah 12:41,42) as taking part in the musical service which accompanied the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Ezra. One of them is probably the same as No. 6. Father of Zephaniah, who was a priest in the reign of Zedekiah. (Jeremiah 21:1; 29:25; 37:3) Father of Zedekiah the false prophet. (Jeremiah 29:21) One of the Levites of the second rank, appointed by David to sound “with psaltries on Alamoth.” (1 Chronicles 15:18,20) The son of Adaiah, and one of the captains of hundreds in the reign of Joash king of Judah. (2 Chronicles 23:1) An officer of high rank in the reign of Uzziah. (2 Chronicles 26:11) He was probably a Levite, comp: (1 Chronicles 23:4) and engaged in a semi-military capacity. The “king’s son,” killed by Zichri the Ephraimitish hero in the invasion of Judah by Pekah king of Israel, during the reign of Ahaz. (2 Chronicles 28:7) The governor of Jerusalem in the reign of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 34:8) The son of Shallum, a Levite of high rank in the reign of Jehoiakim. (Jeremiah 35:4) comp, 1Chr 9:19 A priest; ancestor of Baruch and Seraiah, the sons of Neriah. (Jeremiah 32:12; 51:59)
In the Bible
25
Verses where Maaseiah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 15:18
and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:20
Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.
- 2 Chronicles 23:1
Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.
- 2 Chronicles 26:11
Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
- 2 Chronicles 28:7
Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.
- 2 Chronicles 34:8
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
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Scripture on Maaseiah
18
Maaseiah references
36
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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