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(Heb. Minyamin', îַðְéָîַéï , fr from the right hand, or perhaps corrupted from Benjamin), the name of two men. SEE MIAMIN.
1. (Sept. Âåíéáìåßí v.r. Âåíéáìßí , Vulg. Benjamin.) One of the Levites (or priests) who had charge of the distribution of the sacred offerings among the families of the sacerdotal order under Hezekiah (2Ch_31:15). B.C. 726.
2. (Sept. Ìéáìßí ,.Vulg. Mimamin.) One of the priests that returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon (Neh_12:17), and celebrated with trumpets the completion of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh_12:41); probably the same elsewhere called MIAMIN (Neh_12:5) or MIJAMIN (Neh_10:7).