Delaiah

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. Head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order

• 1 Chronicles 24:18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

2. A prince of Judah

• Jeremiah 36:12 he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
• Jeremiah 36:25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

3. A progenitor of certain Babylonish captives

• Ezra 2:60 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.
• Nehemiah 7:62 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.

4. Father of a false prophet

• Nehemiah 6:10 Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you — by night they are coming to kill you!”

5. A descendant of the loyal line of Judah

Also called DALAIAH

• 1 Chronicles 3:24 The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani— seven in all.