International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Berechiah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Berechiah


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ber-ē̇-kı̄´a (בּרכיה, berekhyāh, בּרכיהוּ, berekhyāhū, “Yahweh blesses,” HPN, 216, 287):

(1) A descendant of David ().

(2) The father of Asaph, the singer ( the King James Version “Berachiah”; ).

(3) A former inhabitant of Jerusalem, a Levee ().

(4) A doorkeeper 'for the ark at David's time ().

(5) One of the heads of the children of Ephraim ().

(6) The father of Meshullam the builder (, ; ).

(7) The father of the prophet Zechariah ().