Person Old Testament
Malchijah
Also known as Malchijah =ESV; Malkijah =NIV; Malchiah =KJV
Malchijah, a son of Ethni, was a Gershonite Levite. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 6:40.
Why it matters. Son of Ethni, a Gershonite Levite.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Malchijah
Malchijah was a Levite who belonged to the Gershonite clan, one of the three main divisions of the Levites. He was the son of Ethni and is mentioned in the genealogy of the Levites (1Ch.6.40).
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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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)