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Maaseiah
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or MAASEIAH. 1. A priest, of the sons of Jeshua, who had married a foreign wife ( Ezra 10:18 [ Esther 9:19 Esther 9:19 Mathelas ]). 2. A priest, of the sons of Harim, who had committed the same offence ( Ezra 10:21 [ Esther 9:21 Esther 9:21 Manes ]). Foreign wives had been taken also by 3. and 4. A priest, of the sons of Pashbur ( Ezra 10:22 [ Esther 9:22 Esther 9:22 Massias ]), and a layman, of the sons of Pahath-moab ( Esther 9:30 Esther 9:30 [ Esther 9:31 Esther 9:31 Moossias ]). 5. A wall-builder ( Nehemiah 3:23 ). 6. One of those who stood upon the right hand of Ezra at the reading of the Law ( Nehemiah 8:4 ); called in 1Es 9:43 Baalsamus . 7. One of those who expounded the Law to the people ( Nehemiah 8:7 ); called in 1Es 9:48 Maiannas . He is perhaps the same as the preceding. 8. One of those who sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:26 ). 9. A Judahite ( Nehemiah 11:5 ); in 1 Chronicles 9:5 Asaiah . 10. A Benjamite ( Nehemiah 11:7 ). 11. 12. Two priests ( Nehemiah 12:41 f.). 13. A priest in the time of Zedekiah ( Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 35:4; Jeremiah 37:3 ). 14. The father of the false prophet Zedekiah ( Jeremiah 29:21 ). 15. A Levitical singer ( 1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:20 ). 16. One of the captains who assisted Jehoiada in the overthrow of Athaliah ( 2 Chronicles 23:1 ). 17. An officer of Uzziah ( 2 Chronicles 26:11 ). 18. A son of Ahaz slain by Zichri the Ephraimite ( 2 Chronicles 28:7 ). 19. Governor of Jerusalem under Josiah ( 2 Chronicles 34:8 ). 20. In 1 Chronicles 6:40 Baaseiah appears to be a textual error for Maaseiah.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Maaseiah'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/m/maaseiah.html. 1909.
