Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy
Malchiah, son of Pashur, was involved in a plot against Jeremiah.
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Also known as Malkijah · Melchiah
Malchiah was the son of Pashur, a priest during the time of the prophet Jeremiah. He was one of the officials who heard Jeremiah's message in the temple court and reported it to the other officials. Later, Malchiah was among those who plotted against Jeremiah and had him thrown into a cistern, leaving him to die. However, Ebed-Melech, an Ethiopian eunuch, rescued Jeremiah from the cistern (Jer.38.1, 6; 21.1).
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Jehovah’s king. (1.) The head of the fifth division of the priests in the time of David (1 Chr. 24:9). (2.) A priest, the father of Pashur (1 Chr. 9:12; Jer. 38:1). (3.) One of the priests appointed as musicians to celebrate the completion of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:42). (4.) A priest who stood by Ezra when he “read in the book of the law of God” (Neh. 8:4). (5.) Neh. 3:11. (6.) Neh. 3:31. (7.) Neh. 3:14.
Malchijah, the Lord my king, or my counselor
MALCHI'AH (Jehovah's king). A Gershonite Levite, the ancestor of Asaph. 1 Chr 6:40. Two who had married foreign wives. Ezr 10:25, 1 Chr 24:31, the latter probably the same as Malchijah. Neh 3:11. Two who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem. Neh 3:14. A priest who stood beside Ezra when he read the Law to the people in the street before the Water-gate. Neh 8:4. A priest, the father of Pashur, Neh 11:12; probably the same as Melchiah, Jer 21:1; Neh 11:12; Jer 38:1, and Malchijah. An officer in whose cistern Jeremiah was thrown, Jer 38:6, the dry cistern being used in Palestine as a dungeon.
MALCHI'AH (Jehovah's king). A Gershonite Levite, the ancestor of Asaph. 1 Chr 6:40. Two who had married foreign wives. Ezr 10:25, 1 Chr 24:31, the latter probably the same as Malchijah. Neh 3:11. Two who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem. Neh 3:14. A priest who stood beside Ezra when he read the Law to the people in the street before the Water-gate. Neh 8:4. A priest, the father of Pashur, Neh 11:12; probably the same as Melchiah, Jer 21:1; Neh 11:12; Jer 38:1, and Malchijah. An officer in whose cistern Jeremiah was thrown, Jer 38:6, the dry cistern being used in Palestine as a dungeon.
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3 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H4441
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the kingʼs son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
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