mal´uk ( מלּוּך , mallūkh , "counsellor"): (1) A L evite of the sons of Merari, ancestor of Ethan the singer (1 Chronicles 6:44; compare 1 Chronicles 6:29 ). (2) Son of Bani, among those who had foreign wives (Ezra 10:29 ). He is a descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 9:4 ) and is the Mamuchus of 1 Esdras 9:30. (3) A descendant of Harim, who married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:32 ). (4) (5) Two who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:4 , Nehemiah 10:27 ). (6) Possibly the same as (4). One of the priests who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:2 ). Doubtless the Melicu of verse 14's margin.
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