Difference between revisions of "Meremoth"

<p> '''Mer'emoth.''' ''(elevations).'' </p> <p> 1. Son of [[Uriah]] or Urijah, the priest, of the family of [[Koz]] or Hakkoz, the head of the seventh course of priests, as established by David. In &nbsp;Ezra 8:33, [[Meremoth]] is appointed to weigh and register, the gold and silver vessels belonging to the Temple. In the rebuilding of the wall of [[Jerusalem]] under Nehemiah, we find Meremoth taking an active part. &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4. </p> <p> 2. [[A]] layman, of the sons of Bani, who had married a foreign wife. &nbsp;Ezra 10:36. </p> <p> 3. [[A]] priest, or more probably a family of priests, who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:5. </p>

<p> 1. Son of Uriah, a priest: he weighed the vessels brought from Babylon, and helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem. &nbsp;Ezra 8:33; &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4,21 . </p> <p> 2. One who had married a strange wife. &nbsp; Ezra 10:36 . </p> <p> 3. [[Priest]] who sealed the covenant. &nbsp; Nehemiah 10:5 . </p> <p> 4. Priest who returned with Zerubbabel. &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:3 . </p>

<p> '''1.''' Son of [[Urijah]] the priest. He weighed and registered the golden and silver vessels of the temple, which Ezra had brought from [[Babylon]] (&nbsp;Ezra 8:24-30; &nbsp;Ezra 8:33; &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4). </p> <p> '''2.''' &nbsp;Ezra 10:36. </p> <p> '''3.''' (See [[Meraioth);]] &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:3; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:15. </p>

<p> <strong> [[Meremoth.]] </strong> <strong> 1. </strong> The head of the 7th course of priests (&nbsp; Ezra 8:33 , &nbsp; Nehemiah 3:4; &nbsp; Nehemiah 3:21; &nbsp; Nehemiah 10:5 ); called in 1Es 8:52 Marmoth. <strong> 2. </strong> See Carabasion. <strong> 3. </strong> See Meraioth, No. <strong> 3. </strong> </p>

&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:3&nbsp;2&nbsp;Ezra 8:33&nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4&nbsp;3:21&nbsp;Nehemiah 10:5&nbsp;3&nbsp;Ezra 10:36

&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:3&nbsp;Ezra 8:33&nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4

<p> ''''' mer´ḗ ''''' - ''''' moth ''''' , ''''' me ''''' - ''''' rē´moth ''''' ( מרמות , <i> ''''' merēmōth ''''' </i> , "heights"; Μερειμώθ , <i> ''''' Mereimṓth ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) Son of Uriah (&nbsp;Ezra 8:33 ), who was head of the 7th course of priests appointed by David (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:10 , [[Hakkoz]] = Koz; compare &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4 , &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:21 ). The family of Koz were among those unable to prove their pedigree on the return from Babylon, and were therefore deposed as polluted (&nbsp;Ezra 2:61 , &nbsp;Ezra 2:62 ). Meremoth's division of the family must, however, have been scatheless, for he is employed in the temple after the return as weigher of the gold and the vessels (&nbsp;Ezra 8:33 ), a function reserved for priests alone (&nbsp;Ezra 8:24-28 ). He takes a double part in the reconstruction under Nehemiah, first as a builder of the wall of the city (&nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4 ), then as a restorer of that part of the temple abutting on the house of [[Eliashib]] the priest (&nbsp;Nehemiah 3:21 ); "Marmoth" in 1 [[Esdras]] 8:62. </p> <p> (2) [[A]] member of the house of Bani, and, like so many of that house, among those who married and put away foreign wives (&nbsp;Ezra 10:36 ). He seems to be named [[Carabasion]] (!) in the corresponding list of 1 Esdras 9:34. </p> <p> (3) The name occurs in &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:5 among those who "seal the covenant" with Nehemiah (&nbsp; Nehemiah 10:1 ). It may there be the name of an individual (in which case there were 4 of the name), or it may be a family name. [[Certainly]] a "Meremoth" came back under [[Zerubbabel]] 100 years before (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:3 ), and the signatory in question may be either a descendant of the same name or a family representative. The name recurs later in the same list (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:15 ) as "Meraioth" through a scribal error confusing the two [[Hebrew]] letters <i> '''''yōdh''''' </i> ( <i> '''''y''''' </i> ) and <i> '''''ḥōlem''''' </i> ( <i> '''''o''''' </i> ) for <i> '''''mem''''' </i> ( <i> '''''m''''' </i> ). [[A]] comparison of &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:1-3 and &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:12-15 shows clearly that it is the same person. Note that in &nbsp; Nehemiah 12:15 "Helkai" is the name of the contemporary leader. </p> <p> (4) For Meremoth (1 Esdras 8:2 the King James Version). See [[Memeroth]] . </p>

<p> (Heb. Meremoth', מְרֵמוֹת, ''exaltations'' ), the name of two men at the close of the captivity. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. Μεραμώθ, Μαρεμώθ, Μαρμώθ, ἀπὸ ῾Ραμώθ v. r. Μαριμώθ '','' etc.; Vulg. ''Merimuth'' ). [[A]] priest, son of Urijah, and grandson (descendant) of Koz; who returned from Babvlon with Zerubbabel (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:3), [[Bc.]] 536, and to whom were afterwards consigned the bullion and sacred- vessels forwarded by Ezra (&nbsp;Ezra 8:33). [[Bc.]] 459. "After the statement in &nbsp;Ezra 2:62, respecting the exclusion of the family of Koz from the priesthood, it is puzzling to find one of this family recognised as a priest; but probably the exclusion did not extend to the whole family, some being able to establish their pedigree" (Kitto). He repaired two sections of the walls of Jerusalem (&nbsp;Nehemiah 3:4; &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:21), [[Bc.]] 446, and lived to join in the sacred covenant of fidelity to [[Jehovah]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 10:5). [[Bc.]] cir. 410. In &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:15 he is mentioned by the name of [[Meraioth,]] as the father of Helkai. </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. Μαριμώθ '','' Vulg. ''Marimuth'' .) An [[Israelite]] of the "sons" (? inhabitants) of Bani, who divorced his [[Gentile]] wife after the exile (&nbsp;Ezra 10:36). [[Bc.]] 459. </p>