Melchias
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
MELCHIAS. 1 . Esther 9:26 Esther 9:26 = Malchijah, Ezra 10:25; Ezr 10:2 , Esther 9:32 Esther 9:32 = Malchijah, Ezra 10:31; Ezra 10:3 , 1Es 9:44 = Malchijah, Nehemiah 8:4 .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
mel - kı̄´as (Codex Vaticanus, Μελχείας , Melcheı́as , Codex Vaticanus (b), Codex Alexandrinus, Μελχίας , Melchı́as ): Name of three men who had taken "strange wives":
(1) 1 Esdras 9:26 = "Malchijah" (Ezra 10:25 ).
(2) 1 Esdras 9:32 = "Malchijah" (Ezra 10:31 ).
(3) One of those who stood at Ezra's left hand when the law was read (1 Esdras 9:44) = "Malchijah" (Nehemiah 8:4 ), possibly identical with (1) or (2).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Μελχίας ), the Greek form (in'the Apocrypha) of the Hebrews MALCHIAH; namely, (a) 1 Esdras 9:26; (b) 1 Esdras 9:32; (c) 1 Esdras 9:44.
