Maaseiah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Maaseiah
     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).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Maaseiah, the work of the Lord