Topic
Delaiah
8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 24:18Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order
The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
- Ezra 2:60Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A progenitor of certain Babylonish captives
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
- Nehemiah 7:62Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A progenitor of certain Babylonish captives
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
- Jeremiah 36:12Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A prince of Judah
Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of…
- Nehemiah 6:10Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. Father of a false prophet
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea,…
- Jeremiah 36:25Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A prince of Judah
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
- 1 Chronicles 3:24ISBE · Nave 5. A descendant of the loyal line of Judah — Also called DALAIAH
And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
- 1 Esdras 5:37ISBE
Neither could they shew their families, nor their stock, how they were of Israel: the sons of Ladan, the son of Ban, the sons of Necodan, six hundred fifty and two.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Freed by Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18).
(2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah’s first roll of prophecy was read (Jer. 36:12).
(3.) The head of one of the bands of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:60; Neh. 7:62).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
- A priest in the time of David, leader of the twenty-third course of priests. (1 Chronicles 24:18) (B.C. 1014.)
- "Children of Delaiah" were among the people of uncertain pedigree who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62) (B.C. 536.)
- Son of Mehetabeel and father of Shemaiah. (Nehemiah 6:10) (B.C. before 410.)
- Son of Shemaiah, one of the "princes" about the court of Jehoiakim. (Jeremiah 36:12,25) (B.C. 604.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"):
(1) A descendant of David (1Ch 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah").
(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (1Ch 24:18).
(3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah (Jer 36:12,25).
(4) The ancestor of a post-exilic family whose genealogy was lost (Ezr 2:60; Ne 7:62; 1 Esdras 5:37 margin). See DALAN.
(5) The father of timorous Shemaiah (Ne 6:10).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 7 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.