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mal-kı̄´ja (מלפּיּה, malkı̄yaÌ„h, “Yah is kingâ€; ΜελχειÌας, MelcheıÌas, with variants):
(1) A Levite, descendant of Gershom, of those whom David set over the “service of sting†in the worship ().
(2) The head of the 5th course of priests ().
(3) One of the laymen who had taken “strange wives†during the exile (); the “Melchias†of 1 Esdras 9:26.
(4) Another of the same name (; two in same verse). Called “Asibias†in 1 Esdras 9:26.
(5) Another under the same offense, son of Harim (). “Melchias†in 1 Esdras 9:32.
(6) One of the “repairers†who helped with the “tower of the furnaces†().
(7) Son of Rechab ruler of Beth-haccerem, repairer of the dung gate ().
(8) A goldsmith who helped in building the walls of Jerusalem ().
(9) One of those at Ezra's left hand when he read the law (though possibly one of the above ()). In 1 Esdras 9:44 “Melchias.â€
(10) One of the covenant signatories ().
(11) The father of Pashhur (; ; ).
(12) A priest, a singer at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem under Ezra and Nehemiah ().
(13) (מלכּיהוּ, malkı̄yaÌ„huÌ„ as above with u ending): Son of Ham-melech (or, as ; translate it, “king's sonâ€). Jeremiah was cast into his dungeon or pit ().
The King James Version spells “Malchiah†or “Malchijah†indifferently with “Melchiah†in ; the English Revised Version has “Malchiah†in ; , , elsewhere “Malchijahâ€; the American Standard Revised Version has “Malchijah†throughout.