BERECHIAH.1. Father of Asaph (1Ch_6:39, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Bsrachiah). 2. Son of Zerubbabel (1Ch_3:20). 3. Father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiahs chiefs (Neh_3:4; Neh_3:30; Neh_6:19). 4. A Levite guard of the ark (1Ch_9:16; 1Ch_15:23). 5. Father of the prophet Zechariah (Zec_1:1). 6. An Ephraimite chief (2Ch_28:12).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Berechiahu (Hebrew).
1. 1Ch_3:20.
2. Neh_3:4; Neh_3:30; Neh_6:18.
3. 1Ch_9:16.
4. 1Ch_15:23.
5. 2Ch_28:12.
6. 2Ch_1:1.
7. Zec_1:1; Zec_1:7.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Berechi'ah. (blessed of Jehovah).
1. A descendant of the royal family of Judah. 1Ch_3:20.
2. A man mentioned as the father of Meshullam, who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Neh_3:4; Neh_3:30; Neh_6:18.
3. A Levite. 1Ch_9:16.
4. A doorkeeper for the ark. 1Ch_15:23.
5. One of the tribe of Ephraim, in the time of Ahaz. 2Ch_28:12.
6. Father of Asaph, the singer. 1Ch_15:17. See Berachiah.
7. Father of Zechariah. Zec_1:1; Zec_1:7.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ber-ē̇-kı̄?a (בּרכיה, berekhyāh, בּרכיהוּ, berekhyāhū, ?Yahweh blesses,? HPN, 216, 287):
(1) A descendant of David (1Ch_3:20).
(2) The father of Asaph, the singer (1Ch_6:39 the King James Version ?Berachiah?; 1Ch_15:17).
(3) A former inhabitant of Jerusalem, a Levee (1Ch_9:16).
(4) A doorkeeper 'for the ark at David's time (1Ch_15:23).
(5) One of the heads of the children of Ephraim (2Ch_28:12).
(6) The father of Meshullam the builder (Neh_3:4, Neh_3:30; Neh_6:18).
(7) The father of the prophet Zechariah (Zec_11:7).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Berechiah
(Heb. Berekyah', בֶּרֶכְיָה, blessed by Jehovah; also in the prolonged form Berekya'hu, בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ, in 1Ch_6:39; 1Ch_15:17; 2Ch_28:12; Zec_1:7; Sept. Βαραχίας, often Βαραχία), the name of six men. SEE BARACHIAH and SEE BARACHIAS.
1. The son of Shimea and father of Asaph, the celebrated musician; he was one of the Levites who bore the ark to the tent prepared for it by David (1Ch_6:39, where the name is Anglicized Berachiah; 15:17, 23). B.C. 1043.
2. The son of Meshillemeth, and one of the seven Ephraimite chieftains who enforced the prophet Oded's prohibition of the enslavement of their Judaite captives by the warriors of the northern kingdom (2Ch_28:12). B.C. 789.
3. The fourth named of the five brothers of Zerubbabel (q.v.), of the royal line of Judah (1 Chronicles in 20; see Strong's Harmony and Expos. of the Gospels. p. 17, note m). B.C. 536.
4. A son of Asa, and one of the Levites that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites on the return front Babylon (1Ch_9:16). B.C. post 536.
5. The son of Iddo and father of the prophet Zechariah (Zec_1:1; Zec_1:7). B.C. ante 500.
6. A son of Meshezabeel and the father of Meshullam, which last repaired a part of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh_3:4; Neh_3:30; Neh_6:18). B.C. ante 446.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.