People of the Bible › Meraioth
Meraioth מְרָיוֹת
Returned priest. Meraioth, a priest in the lineage of Eleazar, mentioned in genealogies.
Family
| Father | Zerahiah |
|---|---|
| Children | Amariah |
Where Meraioth appears
1 Chronicles (4), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)
Key verses
- 1 Chronicles 6:6 first mention — And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
- 1 Chronicles 6:7 — Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
- 1 Chronicles 6:52 — Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
- 1 Chronicles 9:11 — And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
- Ezra 7:3 — The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
- Nehemiah 11:11 — Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.