Berechiah
Berechiah
bĕr˝əkī´ə [key], in the Bible.
1 Son of Zerubbabel.
2 Father ofMeshullam
5.
3 Important Ephraimite.
4 Father ofAsaphthe psalmist. An alternate spelling is Berachiah.
5 Father of Zechariah the Minor Prophet. In the Gospel of St. Matthew the name Barachias is probably a textual insertion, for the Zechariah being referred to is almost certainlyZechariah
2, not Zechariah the Minor Prophet.
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