ber -ē̇ -kı̄´a ( בּרכיה , berekhyāh , בּרכיהוּ , berekhyāhū , "Yahweh blesses," HPN , 216, 287): (1) A descendant of David (1 Chronicles 3:20 ). (2) The father of Asaph, the singer (1 Chronicles 6:39 the King James Version "Berachiah"; 1 Chronicles 15:17 ). (3) A former inhabitant of Jerusalem, a Levee (1 Chronicles 9:16 ). (4) A doorkeeper 'for the ark at David's time (1 Chronicles 15:23 ). (5) One of the heads of the children of Ephraim (2 Chronicles 28:12 ). (6) The father of Meshullam the builder (Nehemiah 3:4 , Nehemiah 3:30; Nehemiah 6:18 ). (7) The father of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 11:7 ).
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