Lockyer's All the Men of the Bible – Delaiah
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Delaiah

Delaiah [Dĕla ī'ah]—jehovah is deliverer.

  1. A descendant of Aaron, and one of David’s priests (1 Chron. 24:18).
  2. One of the Nethinims, founder of a family whose genealogy had been lost (Ezra 2:60; Neh. 7:62).
  3. One who tried to dishearten Nehemiah (Neh. 6:10).
  4. A Judahite prince, son of Shemaiah who urged king Jehoiakim not to burn the sacred roll (Jer. 36:12, 25).
  5. A son of Elioenai (1 Chron. 3:24).
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