Topic
Meshelemiah
9 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 9:21Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A gatekeeper of the temple
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- 1 Chronicles 26:1Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A gatekeeper of the temple
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
- 1 Chronicles 26:2Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A gatekeeper of the temple
And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
- 1 Chronicles 26:9Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A gatekeeper of the temple
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
- 1 Chronicles 26:14Easton · ISBE
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
- 1 Chronicles 9:17ISBE
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
- 1 Chronicles 9:19ISBE
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD,…
- 1 Chronicles 9:31ISBE
And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
- Nehemiah 12:25ISBE
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
Friendship of Jehovah, a Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah (1 Chr. 9:21; 26:1, 2, 9, 14). He was a temple gate-keeper in the time of David.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 9 references
me-shel-e-mi'-a (meshelemyah, "Yah repays"): Father of Zechariah, one of the porters of the tabernacle (1Ch 9:21; 26:1,2,9). In the latter passage Meshelemiah, with a final "-u", is credited with "sons and brethren, valiant men, 18." He is the "Shelemiah" of 1Ch 26:14, the "Shallum" of 1Ch 9:17,19,31, and the "Meshullam" of Ne 12:25.
In the topical indexes
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.