Jeremiah person
Malchijah
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also: Malchijah
A figure in Jeremiah named as Pashhur’s father and associated with a pit called the pit of Malchijah son of the king.
Malchijah is a Jeremiah figure identified as Pashhur’s father and called “son of the king” in connection with a pit. Jeremiah 21:1 names Pashhur son of Malchijah among those King Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah. Jeremiah 38:1 again identifies Pashhur as Malchijah’s son among men who heard Jeremiah speaking to the people. In Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah is cast into “the pit of Malchijah son of the king,” in the court of the guard; the pit contains mud rather than water.
Malchijah is named in at least 3 verses, all in Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 21:1
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