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Maaseiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1

The work of Jehovah.

2

One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr 15:18, 20).

3

One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chr 23:1).

4

The “king’s son,” probably one of the sons of king Ahaz, killed by Zichri in the invasion of Judah by Pekah, king of Israel (2 Chr 28:7).

5

One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chr 34:8). He was governor (Heb. sar, rendered elsewhere in the Authorized Version “prince,” “chief captain,” chief ruler”) of Jerusalem.

6

The father of the priest Zephaniah (Jer 21:1; 37:3).

7

The father of the false prophet Zedekiah (Jer 29:21).

Maase’iah, refuge is Jehovah, a priest, the father of Neriah (Jer 32:12; 51:59).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ma-a-se'-ya, ma-a-si'a (ma`aseyahu, "Yahweh's work"; Maassaia, and Massaias in the Septuagint): A name common in exilic and late monarchic times (Gray, H P N).

(1) A Levite musician named in connection with David's bringing up of the ark from the house of Obed-edom (1 Chr 15:18; 1 Chr 15:20).

(2) A Levite captain who aided Jehoiada at the coronation of Joash (2 Chr 23:1).

(3) An officer of Uzziah (2 Chr 26:11).

(4) Ahaz' son, slain by the Ephraimite, Zichri (2 Chr 28:7).

(5) A governor of Jerusalem under Josiah (2 Chr 34:8).

(6) (7) (8) (9) The name of 4 men, 3 of them priests, who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:18; Ezra 10:21; Ezra 10:22; Ezra 10:30).

(10) Father of Azariah, one of the builders of the wall (Neh 3:23).

(11) One of those who stood at Ezra's right hand during the reading of the Law (Neh 8:4).

(12) One of the expounders of the Law (Neh 8:7).

(13) One of those who took part in sealing the covenant (Neh 10:25).

(14) A Judahite inhabitant of Jerusalem (Neh 11:5), who in 1 Chr 9:5 is called Asaiah.

(15) A Benjamite (Neh 11:7).

(16) (17) Name of two priests (Neh 12:41).

(18) A priest in Zedekiah's reign, father of a certain Zephaniah who interviewed the prophet Jeremiah (Jer 21:1; Jer 29:25; Jer 37:3).

(19) Father of the false prophet Zedekiah (Jer 29:21).

(20) A keeper of the threshold in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer 35:4).

(21) Baaseiah (which see), a Kohathite name (1 Chr 6:40), is probably a textual error for Maaseiah.

(22) the King James Version for Mahseiah, an ancestor of Baruch (Jer 32:12).

John A. Lees

See also

Person Maaseiah (1 Chr 15,18) Person Maaseiah (2 Chr 23,1) Person Maaseiah (2 Chr 34,8) Person Maaseiah (Jer 21,1)

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