or Malkiyahuw (Jer. 38:6), {mal-kee-yaw'-hoo}; from
H4428 and
H3050; king of (i.e. appointed by) Jah; Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites:--Malchiah, Malchijah.
Malchijah or Malchiah = "my king is Jehovah"
- the father of Pashur in the time of Jeremiah
- the son of Hammelech into whose dungeon Jeremiah was cast
- the head of the 5th course of priests in the time of David
- one of the priests who was at the reading of the law by Ezra, sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, and was at the dedication of the wall with Nehemiah
- a Levite ancestor of Asaph and descendant of Levi through Gershon
- son of Parosh who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
- son of Harim who put away a foreign wife and helped repair the wall and the Tower of Ovens in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah
- son of Rechab, leader of the district of Beth Haccerem, who helped repair the Refuse Gate in the time of Nehemiah
- a goldsmith who helped repair the wall in the time of Nehemiah