Zichri
Zichri [1]
zik´rı̄ ( זכרי , zikhrı̄ , meaning uncertain):
(1) Levites: ( a ) grandson of Kohath ( Exodus 6:21 , where some the King James Version editions read wrongly, "Zithri"); ( b ) an Asaphite ( 1 Chronicles 9:15 ), called "Zabdi" in Nehemiah 11:17 , where the Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus has Ζεχρί , Zechrı́ = Zichri, but the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus other names; see Zabdi , (4); ( c ) a descendant of Eliezer ( 1 Chronicles 26:25 ).
(2) Benjamites: ( a ) 1 Chronicles 8:19; ( b ) 1 Chronicles 8:23; ( c ) 1 Chronicles 8:27; ( d ) Nehemiah 11:9 .
(3) Father of Eliezer, who was one of David's tribal princes ( 1 Chronicles 27:16 ).
(4) Father of Amasiah, "who willingly offered himself unto Yahweh" ( 2 Chronicles 17:16 ).
(5) Father of Elishaphat, a captain in Jehoiada's time ( 2 Chronicles 23:1 ).
(6) "A mighty man of Ephraim," who when fighting under Pekah slew the son of Ahaz, the king of Judah ( 2 Chronicles 28:7 ).
(7) A priest in the days of Joiakim ( Nehemiah 12:17 ); the section, Nehemiah 12:14-21 , is omitted by the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus with the exception of "of Maluchi" ( Nehemiah 12:14 ); Lucian has Ζαχαρίας , Zacharı́as .
