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Meraioth
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Meraioth. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Rebellions.
Meraioth (1)
#Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar (1 Chr. 6:6, 7, 52).
Meraioth (2)
#Neh. 12:15, a priest who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. He is called Meremoth in Neh. 12:3.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(rebellious).
A descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron and head of a priestly house. (1 Chronicles 6:61; 7:62) It is apparently another Meraioth who comes in between Zadok and Ahitub in the genealogy of Azariah. (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11) The head of one of the houses of priests, which in the time of Joiakim the son of Jeshua was represented by helkai. (Nehemiah 12:15)
In the Bible
7
Verses where Meraioth is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 6:6
Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth,
- 1 Chronicles 6:7
Meraioth was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
- 1 Chronicles 6:52
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
- 1 Chronicles 9:11
Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;
- Ezra 7:3
the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
- Nehemiah 11:11
Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;
+1 more verse naming Meraioth.
Scripture on Meraioth
5
Meraioth references
13
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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