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Zichri
ZICHRI zĭk’ rī (זִכְרִֽי, meaning derived from the root remember, perhaps remembrance, mindful), a personal, family, tribal name widely used in the OT. 1. A Levite, of the sub-group of Kohath of the house of Izhar (
2. A Benjaminite, descended from Shimei (
3. A Benjaminite, descended from Shashak (
4. A Benjaminite descended from Jehoram (
5. A Benjaminite in the days of Nehemiah whose son Joel was overseer of the Benjaminites (
7. A Levite, descended from Moses’ son Eliezer, and father of Shelomoth (
8. A Reubenite whose son Eliezer was one of David’s tribal leaders (
9. A man of Judah, father of Amasiah a “volunteer for the service of Yahweh” (
10. A man of Judah whose son Elishaphat was a military leader in the days of Jehoiada the high priest who was involved in the plot which overthrew Athaliah and reinstated the boy Joash as king in Judah (
11. A mighty man of Ephraim in the army of Pekah the king of Israel who slew Maaseiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah and two of the king’s officers when Pekah attacked Judah in company with Rezin king of Damascus (
12. A priest of the house of Abijah in the days of the high priest Joiakim, father of the Eliashib of Nehemiah’s day (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(zikhri, meaning uncertain):
(1) Levites:
(a) grandson of Kohath (
(b) an Asaphite (
(c) a descendant of Eliezer (
(2) Benjamites:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(3) Father of Eliezer, who was one of David’s tribal princes (
(4) Father of Amasiah, "who willingly offered himself unto Yahweh" (
(5) Father of Elishaphat, a captain in Jehoiada’s time (
(6) "A mighty man of Ephraim," who when fighting under Pekah slew the son of Ahaz, the king of Judah (
(7) A priest in the days of Joiakim (