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mel - kı̄´as (Codex Vaticanus, Μελχείας , Melcheı́as , Codex Vaticanus (b), Codex Alexandrinus, Μελχίας , Melchı́as ): Name of three men who had taken "strange wives":

(1) 1 Esdras 9:26 = "Malchijah" (Ezra 10:25 ).

(2) 1 Esdras 9:32 = "Malchijah" (Ezra 10:31 ).

(3) One of those who stood at Ezra's left hand when the law was read (1 Esdras 9:44) = "Malchijah" (Nehemiah 8:4 ), possibly identical with (1) or (2).

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Melchias'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​m/melchias.html. 1915.
 
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