Maaseiah
First appears at 1 Chronicles 15:18
First named in Scripture at 1 Chronicles 15:18 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
the work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chronicles 15:18, 20). (2.) One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 28:7). (4.) One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chronicles 34:8). He was governor (Hebrews sar, rendered elsewhere in the Authorized Version “prince,” “chief captain,” chief ruler”) of Jerusalem. (5.) The father of the priest Zephaniah (Jeremiah 21:1; 37:3). (6.) The father of the false prophet Zedekiah (Jeremiah 29:21). Maase’iah, refuge is Jehovah, a priest, the father of Neriah (Jeremiah 32:12; 51:59).