Who Delaiah was.
The head of one of the bands of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:60; Neh. 7:62).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
All 2 verses that name this Delaiah.
Ezra 1
- Ezra 2:60The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
Nehemiah 1
- Nehemiah 7:62The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
Other people called Delaiah.
Delaiah, a son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah’s….
Named in 2 verses.
- Jeremiah 36:12Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
- Jeremiah 36:25Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
Delaiah, the head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order.
Named in 1 verse.
Delaiah, Son of Mehetabeel.
Named in 1 verse.
- Nehemiah 6:10Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.