King James Bible Dictionary

The work of Jehovah.

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

2. One of the "captains of hundreds" associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 28:7).

4. One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chronicles 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 (Jeremiah 21:1; 37:3).

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

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

the work of the Lord

1. A Levite musician
1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:20

2. A captain of hundreds
2 Chronicles 23:1

3. An officer of Uzziah
2 Chronicles 26:11

4. Son of Ahaz, slain by Zichri
2 Chronicles 28:7

5. Governor of Jerusalem
2 Chronicles 34:8

6. The name of a number of priests of the exile
Ezra 10:18; Ezra 10:21-22; Nehemiah 8:4; Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 12:41-42; Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 37:3

7. A returned exile
Ezra 10:30

8. Father of Azariah
Nehemiah 3:23

9. One who sealed the covenant
Nehemiah 10:25

10. A descendant of Pharez
Nehemiah 11:5

11. A Benjamite
Nehemiah 11:7

12. Father of a false prophet
Jeremiah 29:21

13. An officer of the temple
Jeremiah 35:4

14. Grandfather of Baruch
Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 51:59

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

1. A descendant of Jeshua the priest. (Ezra 10:18)
2. A priest, of the sons of Harim. (Ezra 10:21)
3. A priest, of the sons of Pashur. (Ezra 10:22)
4. One of the laymen, a descendant of Pahath-moab. (Ezra 10:30)
5. The father of Azariah. (Nehemiah 3:23)
6. One of those who stood on the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people. (Nehemiah 8:4)
7. A Levite who assisted on the same occasion. (Nehemiah 8:7)
8. One of the heads of the people whose descendants signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:25)
9. Son of Baruch the descendant of Pharez the son of Judah, (Nehemiah 11:5)
10. A Benjamite, ancestor of Sallu. (Nehemiah 11:7)
11. Two priests of this name are mentioned, (Nehemiah 12:41,42) as taking part in the musical service which accompanied the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Ezra. One of them is probably the same as No. 6.
12. Father of Zephaniah, who was a priest in the reign of Zedekiah. (Jeremiah 21:1; 29:25; 37:3)
13. Father of Zedekiah the false prophet. (Jeremiah 29:21)
14. One of the Levites of the second rank, appointed by David to sound "with psaltries on Alamoth." (1 Chronicles 15:18,20)
15. The son of Adaiah, and one of the captains of hundreds in the reign of Joash king of Judah. (2 Chronicles 23:1)
16. An officer of high rank in the reign of Uzziah. (2 Chronicles 26:11) He was probably a Levite, comp- (1 Chronicles 23:4) and engaged in a semi-military capacity.
17. The "king's son," killed by Zichri the Ephraimitish hero in the invasion of Judah by Pekah king of Isr'l, during the reign of Ahaz. (2 Chronicles 28:7)
18. The governor of Jerusalem in the reign of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 34:8)
19. The son of Shallum, a Levite of high rank in the reign of Jehoiakim. (Jeremiah 35:4) comp, 1 Chronicles 9:19
20. A priest; ancestor of Baruch and Seraiah, the sons of Neriah. (Jeremiah 32:12; 51:59)