Meraioth

Meraioth is a link in a priestly family line. The Chronicles trace the descendants of Aaron through Uzzi and Zerahiah, then say “Zerahiah begat Meraioth,” and from Meraioth the line runs to Amariah and Ahitub, and on toward Zadok. Centuries later, the same name appears again, in a list of priestly houses in Nehemiah 12. These lists can feel like dry reading, yet they show something steady: the work of the temple was handed from parent to child, one name after another. If you want to see the whole chain, read 1 Chronicles 6.

5 verses

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 6:6

And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

1 Chronicles 6:7

Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

1 Chronicles 6:52

Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

1 Chronicles 9:11

And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 12:15

Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Rebellions. (1.) Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar (1 Chr. 6:6, 7, 52).

(2.) Neh. 12:15, a priest who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. He is called Meremoth in Neh. 12:3.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(rebellious).

(1.) A descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron and head of a priestly house. (1 Chronicles 6:61; 7:62) It is apparently another Meraioth who comes in between Zadok and Ahitub in the genealogy of Azariah. (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11)

(2.) The head of one of the houses of priests, which in the time of Joiakim the son of Jeshua was represented by helkai. (Nehemiah 12:15)