Encyclopedia of The Bible – Zerahiah
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Zerahiah

ZERAHIAH zĕr’ ə hĭ’ ə (זְרַֽחְיָ֥ה, Jehovah has shown forth). 1. An ancestor of Ezra, of the line of Eleazar (Ezra 7:4); in 1 Esdras 8:2 (KJV, ASV; RSV omits) he is called Zaraias and in 2 Esdras 1:2 Arna.

2. The father of Eliehoenai, who returned from Babylon with Ezra (Ezra 8:4; 1 Esd 8:31 RSV; KJV, ASV ZARAIAS).