Zerahiah זְרַחְיָה

Returned priest. Zerahiah (or Ahitub), a priest, was an ancestor of Ezra the scribe.

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Also called Ahitub.

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Where Zerahiah appears

1 Chronicles (3), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)

Key verses

• 1 Chronicles 6:6 first mention — And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
• 1 Chronicles 6:51 — Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah 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 7:4 — The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
• 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.