Maaseiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

The work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr. 15:18, 20). (2.) One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chr. 23:1). (3.) 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). (4.) 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. (5.) The father of the priest Zephaniah (Jer. 21:1; 37:3). (6.) 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).

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ISBE

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 ( 1Ch 15:18 , 20 ). (2) A Levite captain who aided Jehoiada at the coronation of Joash ( 2Ch 23:1 ). (3) An officer of Uzziah ( 2Ch 26:11 ). (4) Ahaz' son, slain by the Ephraimite, Zichri ( 2Ch 28:7 ). (5) A governor of Jerusalem under Josiah ( 2Ch 34:8 ). (6) (7) (8) (9) The name of 4 men, 3 of them priests, who had married foreign wives ( Ezr 10:18 , 21 , 22 , 30 ). (10) Father of Azariah, one of the builders of the wall ( Ne 3:23 ). (11) One of those who stood at Ezra's right hand during the reading of the Law ( Ne 8:4 ). (12) One of the expounders of the Law ( Ne 8:7 ). (13) One of those who took part in sealing the covenant ( Ne 10:25 ). (14) A Judahite inhabitant of Jerusalem ( Ne 11:5 ), who in 1Ch 9:5 is called Asaiah. (15) A Benjamite ( Ne 11:7 ). (16) (17) Name of two priests ( Ne 12:41 f). (18) A priest in Zedekiah's reign, father of a certain Zephaniah who interviewed the prophet Jeremiah ( Jer 21:1 ; 29:25 ; 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 ( 1Ch 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

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(work of the Lord), the name of four persons who had married foreign wives. In the time of Ezra,

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