maaseiah Summary and Overview

the work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr. 15:18, 20). (2.) One of the "captains of hundreds" associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chr. 23:1). (3.) The "king's son," probably one of the sons of king Ahaz, killed by Zichri in the invasion of Judah by Pekah, king of Israel (2 Chr. 28:7). (4.) One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chr. 34:8). He was governor (Heb. sar, rendered elsewhere in the Authorized Version "prince," "chief captain," chief ruler") of Jerusalem. (5.) The father of the priest Zephaniah (Jer. 21:1; 37:3). (6.) The father of the false prophet Zedekiah (Jer. 29:21). Maase'iah, refuge is Jehovah, a priest, the father of Neriah (Jer. 32:12; 51:59).

MAASE'IAH (work of Jehovah). 1. Three priests -- one a descendant of Jeshua, Ezr 10:18, another of the sons of Harim, Ezr 10:21, and a third of the sons of Pashur, Ezr 10:22 -- who had married foreign wives. 2. A layman who divorced his foreign wife. Ezr 10:30. 3. The father of Azariah. Neh 3:23. 4. One who assisted Ezra when he read the Law to the people. Neh 8:4. 5. A Levite who expounded the Law to the people, Neh 8:7. 6. One whose descendants signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Neh 10:25. 7. Two whose descendants dwelt in Jerusalem after the return from Babylon. Neh 11:5, 1 Kgs 15:7. 8. Two priests who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem. Neh 12:41-42. 9. The father of Zephaniah. Jer 21:1; Jer 29:25. 10. The father of the false prophet Zedekiah. Jer 29:21. 11. A Levite appointed a porter for the ark by David. 1 Chr 15:18, 1 Chr 15:20. 12. The son of Adaiah; partook in the revolution by which Joash was placed on the throne. 2 Chr 23:1. 13) An officer in the reign of Uzziah. 2 Chr 26:11. 14) A son of King Ahaz. 2 Chr 28:7. 15) The governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah. 2 Chr 34:8. 16) A doorkeeper at the temple. Jer 35:4.

1. Ezra 10:18. 2. Ezra 10:21. 3. Ezra 10:22. 4. Ezra 10:30. 5. Nehemiah 3:23. 6. Nehemiah 8:4. 7. Nehemiah 8:7. 8. Nehemiah 10:25. 9. Nehemiah 11:5 Equating to Asaiah, 1 Chronicles 9:5. 10. Nehemiah 11:7. 11. Nehemiah 12:6; Nehemiah 12:41-42. 12. Jeremiah 29:25. 13. Jeremiah 29:21. 14. 1 Chronicles 15:18-20. 15. 2 Chronicles 23:1. 16. An upper officer (shoter) or "ruler" under Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:11). 17. King Ahaz's son, slain by Zichri the "mighty man" of Ephraim in Pekah's invasion of Judah (2 Chronicles 28:7), connected officially with the "governor of the city" (2 Chronicles 18:25; 1 Kings 22:26). 18. Governor of Jerusalem under Josiah; superintended the restoration of the temple (2 Chronicles 34:8). 19. Jeremiah 35:4. 20. Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 51:59.