Malchijah Summary
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Malchijah, known as Hashabiah in the LXX, a descendant of Parosh, divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reforms.
Descendant of Parosh, who divorced his foreign wife.
Names
- en Malchijah
- en Hashabiah · Also called
- en Malkijah · Also called
- en Malchiah · Also called
- he מַלְכִּיָּהוּ · H4441K
- bg Малхия
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Malchijah Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Malchijah (or Malkijah in the NIV) was a man from the family of Parosh who had married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra. He has a brother who is also called Malchijah, so some BIbles translate his name as Hashabiah as in the LXX. As part of Ezra's reforms to purify the Jewish community, Malchijah and others who had married foreign wives were required to divorce them (Ezr 10:25). The presence of two similar men in the same verse named Malchijah in this list either indicates that it was a common name during this period, or a scribal error.
Sources: STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Malchijah@Ezr.10.25b)