King James Bible

(the Lord says , i.e. promises).

1. Father of Ahitub according to (1 Chronicles 6:7,52) and son of Meraioth, in the line of the high priests.
2. The high priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 19:11) He was the son of Azariah.
3. The head of a Levitical house of the Kohathites. (1 Chronicles 23:13; 24:23)
4. The head of one of the twenty-four courses of priest. (2 Chronicles 31:15; Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2,13)
5. One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:42)
6. A priest who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2,13)
7. A descendant of Pharez. (Nehemiah 11:4)
8. An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet. (Zephaniah 1:1)