Berechiah, Berachiah [Bĕre chī'ah, Bĕr a chī'ah]—jehovah is blessing or bending the knee.

1. The father of Asaph the chief singer, descendant of Gershon (1 Chron. 6:39; 15:17).
2. A son of Zerubbabel (1 Chron. 3:20).
3. The son of Asa who lived near Jerusalem (1 Chron. 9:16).
4. A Levite doorkeeper of the Tabernacle (1 Chron. 15:23).
5. An Ephraimite in Pekah’s time (2 Chron. 28:12).
6. Father of Mershullam who assisted in the repair of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:4, 30; 6:18).
7. Father of the prophet Zechariah (Zech. 1:1, 7). Called Barachias in Matthew 23:35, meaning, “who bends the knee to God.”