Maaseiah

Meaning: the work of Jehovah

1. One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr. 15:18, 20).

2. One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chr. 23:1).

3. The “king's son,” probably one of the sons of king Ahaz, killed by Zichri in the invasion of Judah by Pekah, king of Israel (2 Chr. 28:7).

4. One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chr. 34:8). He was governor (Hebrew: sar, rendered elsewhere in the Authorized Version “prince,” “chief captain,” “chief ruler”) of Jerusalem.

5. The father of the priest Zephaniah (Jer. 21:1; 37:3).

6. The father of the false prophet Zedekiah (Jer. 29:21).

7. Maase'iah, refuge is Jehovah, a priest, the father of Neriah (Jer. 32:12; 51:59).