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DELAIAH

1. Son of Elioenai who traced his line of descent through Zerubbabel to David (1 Chr 3:24 (RV · LV · Read together), KJB “Dalaiah”).

CH1 3:24: RV CH1 3:24 · LV CH1 3:24 · Read together CH1 3:24

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OET-RV CH1 3:24

24 Elyehoeynay’s seven sons were Hodavyah, Elyashiv, Pelayah, Akuv, Yohanan, Delayah, and Anani.

OET-LV CH1 3:24

24 And_the _sons of _ʼElyəhōˊēynay were_Hōdav^yāh and_ʼElyāshiyⱱ and_Pəlā^yāh and_ˊAqqūⱱ and_Yōḩānān and_Dəlā^yāh and_ˊAnānī seven.

2. Priest in the time of David (1 Chr 24:18 (RV · LV · Read together)).

CH1 24:18: RV CH1 24:18 · LV CH1 24:18 · Read together CH1 24:18

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OET-RV CH1 24:18

18 Delayah and, lastly, Ma’azyah.

OET-LV CH1 24:18

18 To_Dəlā^yāh three and_twenty to_Maˊaz^yāh four and_twenty.

3. Head of a postexilic family that returned with Zerubbabel to Judea. The group was unable to prove true Israelite descent (Ezr 2:60 (RV · LV · Read together); Neh 7:62 (RV · LV · Read together)).

EZR 2:60: RV EZR 2:60 · LV EZR 2:60 · Read together EZR 2:60

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OET-RV EZR 2:60

60 There were 652 people who were descendants of Delayah, Toviyah, and Nekoda,

OET-LV EZR 2:60

60 The _descendants _of Dəlā^yāh the _descendants _of Ţōⱱiy^yāh the _descendants _of Nəqōdāʼ six hundred(s) fifty and_two.

NEH 7:62: RV NEH 7:62 · LV NEH 7:62 · Read together NEH 7:62

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OET-RV NEH 7:62

62 There were also 642 descendants of Delayah, Toviyah, and Nekoda,

OET-LV NEH 7:62

62 The _descendants _of Dəlā^yāh the _descendants _of Ţōⱱiy^yāh the _descendants _of Nəqōdāʼ six hundred(s) and_forty and_two.

4. Father of a fifth-century BC man named Shemaiah. Shemaiah opposed Nehemiah (Neh 6:10 (RV · LV · Read together)).

NEH 6:10: RV NEH 6:10 · LV NEH 6:10 · Read together NEH 6:10

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OET-RV NEH 6:10

10 After that, I entered Shemayah’s house (the son of Meheytavel’s son Delayah) who was confined to his house, and he said, “Let’s set a time to meet in the temple—we’ll shut the temple doors because they’ll be coming to kill you—probably in the night.”

OET-LV NEH 6:10

10 And_I I _went the _house _of Shəmaˊ^yāh the _son _of Dəlā^yāh the _son _of Məhēyţaⱱ^ʼēl and_he was_shut _up and_he/it _said let _us _meet to the _house _of the_ʼElohīm to the _middle _of the _temple and_let _us _close the _doors _of the _temple if/because people _are_coming to_kill_you and_night people _are_coming to_kill_you.

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 (RV JER 36:12 · RV JER 36:25 · LV JER 36:12 · LV JER 36:25 · Read together JER 36:12 · Read together JER 36:25)).

JER 36:12; JER 36:25: RV JER 36:12 · RV JER 36:25 · LV JER 36:12 · LV JER 36:25 · Read together JER 36:12 · Read together JER 36:25

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OET-RV JER 36:12

12 he went down to the secretary’s room in the palace, and wow, all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Shemayah’s son Delayah, Akbor’s son Elnatan, Shafan’s son Gemaryah, and Hananyah’s son Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah), along with all the other officials.

OET-RV JER 36:25

25 Elnatan, Delayah, and Gemaryah had urged the king not to burn the scroll, but he hadn’t taken any notice of them).

OET-LV JER 36:12

12 And_he/it _descended the _house _of the_king to the _room _of the _scribe and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE there all _of the_officials ʼElīshāˊma the_scribe and_Dəlā^yāh the _son _of Shəmaˊ^yāh and_ʼElnātān the _son _of ˊAkbōr and_Gəmar^yāh the _son _of Shāfān and_Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) the _son _of Ḩₐnan^yāh and_all the_officials were_sitting.

OET-LV JER 36:25

25 And_also ʼElnātān and_Dəlā^yāh and_Gəmar^yāh they _had _made _entreaty with_king to_not to _burn DOM the_scroll and_not he _listened to_them.