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Malchiah

also known as: Melchiah, Melchias, Malkiah, Malkijah, Malchijah, or Melchias

Hebrew: מַלְכִּיָּה —transliteration: Malkiyah —meaning: “Yahweh is King,” “the king is Yahweh” or “My King is Yahweh”

This is the name of 7 biblical men.

1. Malchiah, the head of the 5th of the 24 divisions of priests in the time of King David

   1 Chronicles 24:9

2. Malchiah, a priest, the father of Pashur

   He lived at the time of the prophet Jeremiah.

   1 Chronicles 9:12; Jeremiah 38:1

3. Malchiah, one of the priests appointed as musicians to celebrate the completion of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

   Neh. 12:42

4. Malchiah, a priest who stood at the left side of Ezra when he “read in the book of the law of God”

   Neh. 8:4

5. Malchiah (aka Malchijah), the son of Harim

   He is mentioned in Neh. 3:11.

6. Malchiah (aka Malchijah), the son of Rechab

   He returned from the Capivity in Babylon with governor Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

   Malchijah the son of Rechab, the official of the district of Beth-haccherem repaired the Refuse Gate. He built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars. —Neh. 3:14

7. Malchiah, a man mentioned in Neh. 3:31

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