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Delaiah
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Freed by Jehovah. The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chronicles 24:18 ). A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah's first roll of prophecy was read (Jeremiah 36:12 ). The head of one of the bands of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:60 ; Nehemiah 7:62 ).
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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Delaiah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/ebd/d/delaiah.html. 1897.