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KELAIAH.—A Levite who had married a foreign wife (Ezr_10:23), called in 1Es_9:23 Colius. In Ezr. the gloss is added ‘which is Kelita’ (in 1 Es. ‘who was called Calitas’). Kelita appears in Neh_8:7 as one of the Levites who assisted Ezra in expounding the Law (cf. 1Es_9:48 Calitas), and his name occurs amongst the signatories to the covenant (Neh_10:10). It does not follow, however, that because Kelaiah was also called Kelita he is to be identified with this Kelita.