Delaiah
1. Son of Elioenai who traced his line of descent through Zerubbabel to David (1 Chr 3:24, kjv “Dalaiah”).
2. Priest in the time of David (1 Chr 24:18).
3. Head of a postexilic family that returned with Zerubbabel to Judea. The group was unable to prove true Israelite descent (Ezr 2:60; Neh 7:62).
4. Father of a fifth-century BC man named Shemaiah. Shemaiah opposed Nehemiah (Neh 6:10).
5. Counselor in the reign of Jehoiakim (609–598 BC) who urged the king not to destroy Jeremiah’s scroll, which Baruch had just read (Jer 36:12, 25).
People and places
Delaiah: Ancestor of a family that returned from exile Delaiah: Official during King Jehoiakim's reign Delaiah: Priest in charge of the twenty-third division Delaiah: Descendant of David through Jeconiah Delaiah: Father of Shemaiah, who tried to deceive Nehemiah