Delaiah (1):
de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"):
(1) A descendant of David (1 Chronicles 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah").
(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (1 Chronicles 24:18).
(3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:12, Jeremiah 36:25).
(4) The ancestor of a post-exilic family whose genealogy was lost (Ezra 2:60, Nehemiah 7:62, Ezra 5:37 margin). See DALAN.
(5) The father of timorous Shemaiah (Nehemiah 6:10).
(2):
de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"):
(1) A descendant of David (1 Chronicles 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah").
(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (1 Chronicles 24:18).
(3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:12, Jeremiah 36:25).
(4) The ancestor of a post-exilic family whose genealogy was lost (Ezra 2:60, Nehemiah 7:62, Ezra 5:37 margin). See DALAN.
(5) The father of timorous Shemaiah (Nehemiah 6:10).