8. Son of Ithiel and father of Kolaiah, a Benjamite, one of whose descendants resided at Jerusalem after the exile (Neh. xi, 7). B.C. long ante 536.
9. One of the descendants of Judah who resided at Jerusalem after the captivity; he was the son of Ba- ruch, and his genealogy is traced back to one Shiloni (Neh. xi, 5). B.C. 536. In the corresponding narra- tive of 1 Chron. ix, 5, apparently the same person is called AsAiAii.
10. One of the priests of the kindred of Jeshua, who agreed to divorce their (Jentile wives after the captiv- ity (Ezra X, 18). B.C. 459.
11. Another priest, one of the "sons" of Harim, who divorced his Gentile wife after the exile (Ezra x, 21). B.C. 459. Perhaps it was he (apparently a priest) who formed one of the chorus that celebrated the completion of the new city walls (Neh.'xii, 42). B.C. 446.
12. Still another priest, of the "sons" of Pashur, who divorced his Gentile wife after the return from Babylon (Ezra X, 22). B.C. 459. I'erhaps the same with one
of the priests who celebrated with trumpets che rebuild- ing of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. xii, 41). B.C. 446.
13. An Israelite, of the " sons" of Pahath-moab, who divorced his Gentile wife after the Babylonian captivity (Ezra x, 30). B.C. 459.
14. The son of Ananiah, and father of Azariah, which last repaired part of the walls of Jerusalem after the ex- Ue (Neh. iii, 23). B.C. ante 446.
15. One of the principal Israelites who stood on Ez- ra's right hand while he read and expounded the law to the people (Neh. viii, 4). B.C. cir. 410. He is per- haps identical with one of the popular chiefs who joined in the sacred covenant with Nehemiah (Neh. x, 25). B.C. cir. 410.
16. One of the priests who assisted the Levites in expounding the law to the people as it was read by Ezra (Neh. viii, 7). B.C. cir. 410.
Maa'siai (Heb. Masai/', "^b""?, or, as it probably should be pointed, Maasay', '''CjV'!2, u-orher, or perhaps contracted for Maaseiah; Sept. i^laaai v. r. Maaaaia ; Vulg. Maasai), the son of Adiel, a descendant of Immer, and one of the priests resident at Jerusalem at or after the captivity (1 Chron. ix, 12). B.C. prob. 536.
Maasi'as (Maatra/ac), the son of Sedecias and fa- ther of Baruch (Bar. i, 1) ; evidently the same as Maa- seiah (Jer. li, 59), 5 (q. v.).
Ma'ath (MaaS', of unknown, but prob. Heb. origin), a person named as the son of Mattathias and father of Nagge (Neariah), in Christ's maternal ancestrj* (Luke iii, 26) ; but, as no such name occurs in the pedigree in the O. T., and as it would here unduh' extend the time of the lineage, we may reasonably conjecture this name has been accidentally interpolated from the Matthat of ver. 24. (See Dr. Barrett, in Clarke's Comment, ad loc.)
Ma'az (Heb. Ma'dts, "Ti'^, 7f)-aih; Sept. Maar), the first r.amed of the three sons of Ram, the son of Je- rahmeel, of the descendants of Judah (1 Chron. ii, 27). B.C. post 1658.
Maazi'ali (Heb. Maazyak', il'^l^'C, Neh. x, 8, or Maazya'hu, !in"T^'^, 1 Chron. xxiv, 18, strevf/th [or peril, rather consulafion, from the Arabic] of Jehovah ; Sept. respectivel}' Mna^t'a and Maa^ciX [v. r. Maaaoi] ; ViUg. respectively Maazia and Maazian), the name of two priests.
1. The head of the last of the twenty-four sacerdotal "courses" as arranged by David (1 Chron. xxiv, 18). B.C. 1014.
2. One of the priests who signed the sacred covenant with Nehemiah (Neh. x, 8). B.C. cir. 410. " From the coincidence between many of the names of the priests in the lists of the twenty-foiu: courses established by David, of those who signed the covenant with Nehe- miah (Neh. xii), it would seem either that these names were hereditary in families, or that they were applied to the families themselves. This is evidently tlie case with the names of the 'heads of the people' enumerated in Neh. x, 14-27" (Smith).
Mab'da'i (Ma/3c«t), one of " the sons of IMaani" who divorced their Gentile wives after the captivity (1 Esdr. ix, 34); evidently the Benaiaii (q. v.) of the lie- brew list (Ezra x, 35).
Mabillon, Jean, a celebrated Benedictine jireach- er, and one of the most distinguished men of the 17th centur}', was born at St. Pierremont, in the diocese of Kheims, Nov. 23, 1632, studied at the college of Kheims, and joined the congregation of St. Matir in 1651. He began his literary career by assisting D'Acherj- in his labors upon his vast historic recueil entitled Spicikfjium, and by an edition of tlie works of St. Bernard, "which attracted the notice of ecclesiastical scholars, and fur- nished a sure pledge of the value of his future labors" (Dowling). In 1668 he came forward with a part of his original ]troduction, .IfVff Sanctorum Ordinis S.Bcnedicti (completed in 1702), one of the greatest historical works
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