Person Old Testament
Malchiah
Also known as Malchiah =ESV, KJV; Malkijah =NIV; Melchiah =KJV
Malchiah, son of Pashur, was involved in a plot against Jeremiah. Mentioned in 3 verses across 1 book, first at Jeremiah 21:1.
Why it matters. Son of Pashur, involved in plot against Jeremiah.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Malchiah
Malchiah was the son of Pashur, a priest during the time of the prophet Jeremiah. He was one of the officials who heard Jeremiah's message in the temple court and reported it to the other officials. Later, Malchiah was among those who plotted against Jeremiah and had him thrown into a cistern, leaving him to die. However, Ebed-Melech, an Ethiopian eunuch, rescued Jeremiah from the cistern (Jer.38.1, 6; 21.1).
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Children
- Pashhur
Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.