Category:Maaseiah

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Maaseiah - (1.) The work of Jehovah. (a.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chronicles 15:18, 1 Chronicles 15:20). (b.) One of the "captains of hundreds" associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chronicles 23:1). (c.) 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 Chronicles 28:7). (d.) One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chronicles 34:8). He was governor (Heb. sar, rendered elsewhere in the Authorized Version "prince," "chief captain," chief ruler") of Jerusalem. (e.) The father of the priest Zephaniah (Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 37:3).  (f.) The father of the false prophet Zedekiah (Jeremiah 29:21).  (2.) Refuge is Jehovah, a priest, the father of Neriah (Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 51:59).