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dē̇-lā´ya (דּליה, delaÌ„yaÌ„h, “God has raisedâ€):
(1) A descendant of David (; the King James Version “Dalaiahâ€).
(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course ().
(3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah (, ).
(4) The ancestor of a post-exilic family whose genealogy was lost (; ; 1 Esdras 5:37 margin). See DALAN.
(5) The father of timorous Shemaiah ().