5. A Levite, of the family of Kohath (1 Ch 24^).
6. A Levite, of the familV of Merari (1 Ch 26").
7. Father of Iddo ( 1 Ch 27-'). 8. One of the i)rincea of Judah in the days of jehosliaphat (2 Ch 17').
9. A Levite, one of the sons of .\saiih (2 Ch 20'*).
10. Son of Jehoshaphat (2 Ch 21'-), to whom, with his brethren, his father gave large gifts of silver and gold, together with certain fenced cities. Along with the other sons of the king he was slain by his brother Jehoram on his accession to the throne. 11. Son of Jehoiada the priest (2 Ch 24-°). After Jehoiada's death, Joash, who had yielded to the evil counsels of his princes, was privy to the conspiracy against Zech., because he reproved the idolaters and announced God's judgment against them. He was stoned with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord. His dying words, ' The Lord look upon it and require it,' were long remembered. See also Zachakiah. 12. A pro- phet, living in the earlier part of Uzziah's reign, i.e. before the middle of the 8th cent., about B.C. 770, who exercised a powerful influence for "ood upon the king (2 Ch 26'). He is described as having ' understanding in the vision of God,' or giving 'instruction in the fear of God.' 13. Son of Jeroboam II., king of Israel (2 K 14-» 15«-'-). It would seem that his father's death had been suc- ceeded by a period of confusion, and probably the interval of at least ten years between the father's death and the son's succession had been spent in incessant conHicts between rival claimants of the throne. Jeroboam died in the twenty - seventh year of Uzziah, and Zech. succeeded in the thirty- eighth J'ear of that monarch's reign (2 K 15'*). It may very well be that Zech. was a brave soldier and a capable ruler like his father, but all that the sacred historian records of him is that, in re- spect of character and moral conduct, he followed his fathers in evil-doing. He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his f.athers had done ; he departed not from tlie sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. After a reign of si.x months he was slain by a con- spirator Shallum, who himself survived only one month. With Zech. ended the dynasty of Jehu, according to the word of the Lord (2 K 10*'), ' thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.' 14. A man of high repute in Isaiah's day (Is 8"). When faithful witnesses were required to attest a solemn prophetic roll, this Zech. was chosen along with Uriah the priest, lie is described as son of Jelierecliiah, and may pos- sibly be the same as the Asaphite mentioned in
2 Ch 2S^'^ as Delitzsch suggests (see No. 16). Diestel (in Schenkel, v. 130) would identify him with the prophet of Uzziah's time (see No. 12) ; but this cannot be, for the prophet referred to evidently died in the earlier years of L'zziah's reign, whereas this Zech. is represented as living in the days of Ahaz. Riehm suggests his identifi- cation with the father of Hezekiah's mother (No. 15). 15. The father of Abi or Abijah, the mother of king Hezekiah (2 K 18-, 2 Ch 29'). Murplij thinks he may be identified with the piophet mentioned in 2 Ch 26' ; but this is extremely im- probable. 16. A reforming Asaphite under Heze- kiah (2 Ch 29'^), who took part in the cleansing of the house of the Lord. 17. Head of a house of tha
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Reubenites (1 Cli 5'), one of the bretliren of Beerah, who as one of tlie princes of tlie Reubenites was taken away captive into AssjTia by Tiglatli- pileser in the days of Pekah king of Israel, about Ii.C. 734. 18. A Levite, one of the sons of Kohath (2 Ch 34"), in the days of Josiah. In the work of repairing the temple, about B.C. 620, tliisZecli. was one of the overseers. 19. One of the nilers of the temple under Josiah (2 Ch 35"). As Hilkiah men- tioned immediately before was chief priest, Zecli. was probably second priest (liT^^ iv^> ''1^6 Zeph- aniali in Jer 52-'*, '1 K 25"). He is also named in 1 Es V. See Zacuarias, 1. 20. The prophet. See next article. 21. One of the family of I'arosli or i'horos, who accompanied Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem in B.C. 458 (Ezr 8^ 1 Es 8^"). 22. Son of IJebai (Ezr 8"), leader of the twentj'-eight sons of Bebai who returned to Jerusalem witli Ezra. 23. One of the chief men with whom Ezra con- sulted at the river Ahava or Theras near B.abylon (Ezr 8". See also 1 Es 8"). 24. A descen<l.ant of Elam, one of the people who had taken foreign wives, and who undertook under Ezra's reforma- tion to put them aw.ay (Ezr KP"). See also 1 Es 9". 2S. One of tlie descendants of Perez (Pharez), son of Judah, whose descendant, Athaiiili, was one of the heads of the children of Judah settled in Jerusalem after the return from Babylon (Neh 11<). 26. Called the son of the Shilonite (Neh 11°), a descendant of Shelah, son of Judah, whose descendant, Maa,seiah, was one of the heads of the children of Judali settled in Jeru- salem after the return from the Exile. 27. Son of Paslihur. a priest and courtier under Zedekiah, whose descendant, Adaiali, \v;i.s one of the priests t-etiled in Jerusalem under Nehemiah (Neh 11'-). 28. An Asaphite, son of Jonatluin, who, 'with musical instruments of David, the man of God,' took part with Ezra in giving thanks at the dedi- cation of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 12^). 29. A priest, one of the bloweis of trumpets at the dedi- cation of the wall of Jerusalem, who took part in that thanksgiving service (Neh 12*').