Delaiah

de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"):

See a list of verses on DELAIAH in the Bible.

(1) A descendant of David (1Ch 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah").

(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (1Ch 24:18).

See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

(3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah (Jer 36:12,25).

(4) The ancestor of a post-exilic family whose genealogy was lost (Ezr 2:60; Ne 7:62; 1 Esdras 5:37 margin).

See DALAN.

(5) The father of timorous Shemaiah (Ne 6:10).


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