Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Delaiah

by Matthew George Easton

Delaiah : Freed by Jehovah.

(1.) The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18).

(2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah 's first roll of prophecy was read (Jer. 36:12).

(3.) The head of one of the bands of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (|Ezra 2:60; Neh. 7:62).