Person Old Testament
Malchijah
Also known as Malchijah =ESV; Malkijah =NIV; Malchiah =KJV
Malchijah, a priest, stood beside Ezra as he read the Law to the people. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 8:4.
Why it matters. Priest who stood beside Ezra during the reading of the Law.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Malchijah
Malchijah was a priest who lived during the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. When Ezra read the Book of the Law to the assembled people in Jerusalem, Malchijah was one of the priests who stood beside him on the platform. This event took place during the Feast of Tabernacles, after the Jews had returned from Babylonian exile (Neh.8.4).
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.
Nehemiah (1 verse)