Delaiah

(freed by Jehovah).

• 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.)

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).