BERECHIAH
ber-e-ki'-a (berekhyah, berekhyahu, "Yahweh blesses," HPN, 216, 287):
(1) A descendant of David (1 Chronicles 3:20).
(2) The father of Asaph, the singer (1 Chronicles 6:39 the King James Version "Berachiah"; 1 Chronicles 15:17).
(3) A former inhabitant of Jerusalem, a Levee (1 Chronicles 9:16).
(4) A doorkeeper 'for the ark at David's time (1 Chronicles 15:23).
(5) One of the heads of the children of Ephraim (2 Chronicles 28:12).
(6) The father of Meshullam the builder (Nehemiah 3:4,30; 6:18).
(7) The father of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 11:7).
A. L. Breslich
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