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Maaseiah

People & Groups • Old Testament

Maaseiah, meaning “work of Jehovah,” was a common name belonging to several Levites, priests, officials, and other men in Judah before and after the exile.

Definition

Maaseiah, meaning “work of Jehovah,” was a common name in the later monarchy and postexilic period. It belonged to Levites, priests, officials, musicians, inhabitants of Jerusalem, and others named in the biblical records.

Biblical Usage

Men named Maaseiah served as Levites, musicians, military or royal officers, temple workers, priests, teachers, builders, covenant-makers, and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Several men bearing the name had married foreign wives in Ezra’s time.

Historical Background

The name appears in exilic and late-monarchic records and is applied to numerous distinct individuals. One occurrence is treated in the supplied material as a form of Mahseiah.

Scripture References

1 Chronicles 15:18 1 Chronicles 15:20 2 Chronicles 23:1 2 Chronicles 28:7 2 Chronicles 34:8 Jeremiah 21:1 Jeremiah 37:3 Jeremiah 29:21 Jeremiah 32:12 Jeremiah 51:59 Ezra 10:18 Ezra 10:21 Ezra 10:22 Ezra 10:30 Nehemiah 3:23 Nehemiah 8:4 Nehemiah 8:7 Nehemiah 10:25 Nehemiah 11:5 Nehemiah 11:7 Nehemiah 12:41 Nehemiah 12:42 Jeremiah 29:25 2 Chronicles 26:11 1 Chronicles 23:4 Jeremiah 35:4 1 Chronicles 9:19

Historical Bible Dictionaries

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(work of the Lord), the name of four persons who had married foreign wives. In the time of Ezra,

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)

ma-a-se'-ya, ma-a-si'a (ma`aseyahu, "Yahweh's work"; Maassaia, and Massaias in the Septuagint): A name common in exilic and late monarchic times (Gray, H P N).(1) A Levite musician named in connection with David's bringing up of the ark from the house of Obed-edom (1Ch 15:18,20).(2) A Levite captain who aided Jehoiada at the coronation of Joash (2Ch 23:1).(3) An officer of Uzziah (2Ch 26:11).(4) Ahaz' son, slain by the Ephraimite, Zichri (2Ch 28:7).(5) A governor of Jerusalem under Josiah (2Ch 34:8).(6) (7) (8) (9) The name of 4 men, 3 of them priests, who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:18,21,22,30).(10) Father of Azariah, one of the builders of the wall (Ne 3:23).(11) One of those who stood at Ezra's right hand during the reading of the Law (Ne 8:4).(12) One of the expounders of the Law (Ne 8:7).(13) One of those who took part in sealing the covenant (Ne 10:25).(14) A Judahite inhabitant of Jerusalem (Ne 11:5), who in 1Ch 9:5 is called Asaiah.(15) A Benjamite (Ne 11:7).(16) (17) Name of two priests (Ne 12:41 f).(18) A priest in Zedekiah's reign, father of a certain Zephaniah who interviewed the prophet Jeremiah (Jer 21:1; 29:25; 37:3).(19) Father of the false prophet Zedekiah (Jer 29:21).(20) A keeper of the threshold in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer 35:4).(21) Baaseiah (which see), a Kohathite name (1Ch 6:40), is probably a textual error for Maaseiah.(22) the King James Version for Mahseiah, an ancestor of Baruch (Jer 32:12).John A. Lees

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