Malluch

MALLUCH (măl'ŭk, Heb. mallûkh, counselor)

Ancestor of Ethan, a Levite, son of Merari (1Chr.6.44).A son of Bani. He was one of the men who married foreign women (Ezra.10.29).A son of Harim. He was another man who took a foreign wife (Ezra.10.32).A priest who sealed the covenant (Neh.10.4). He had come from Babylon under Zerubbabel (Neh.12.2).A chief of the people who sealed the covenant (Neh.10.27).

2. A son of Bani; one of those whom Ezra induced to put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:29; 1 Esd 9:30 KJV, ASV MAMUCHUS).

3. A son of Harim, who was also one of those whom Ezra induced to put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:32).

4. A priest who signed the covenant under Ezra (Neh 10:4).

5. Another priest who signed the covenant under Ezra (Neh 10:27).

6. A priest who returned from the Exile with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:2).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)

(mallukh, "counsellor"):

(1) A Levite of the sons of Merari, ancestor of Ethan the singer (1Ch 6:44; compare 6:29).

(2) Son of Bani, among those who had foreign wives (Ezr 10:29). He is a descendant of Judah (1Ch 9:4) and is the Mamuchus of 1 Esdras 9:30.

(3) A descendant of Harim, who married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:32).

(4) (5) Two who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Ne 10:4,27).

(6) Possibly the same as (4). One of the priests who returned with Zerubbabel (Ne 12:2). Doubtless the Melicu of verse 14’s margin.