Category:Berechiah

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Berechiah - blessed by Jehovah.

(1.) Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 15:17).

(2.) One of the seven Ephraimite chieftains, son of Meshillemoth (2 Chronicles 28:12).

(3.) The fourth of the five sons of Zerubbabel, of the royal family of Judah (1 Chronicles 3:20).

(4.) The father of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:1, Zechariah 1:7).