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(mal' luhk) Personal name meaning, “being king.” 1. Ancestor of a Levitical singer in Solomon's Temple (1 Chronicles 6:44 ); 2 . Priest who returned from Exile with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:2 , perhaps identical with the Malluchi of Nehemiah 12:14 ); 3.-6 . Four contemporaries of Ezra, two men with foreign wives (Ezra 10:29 ,Ezra 10:29,10:32 ) and a priest (Nehemiah 10:4 ) and layperson (Nehemiah 10:27 ) who witnessed the covenant renewal. Some of the above may refer to the same person.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Malluch'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/m/malluch.html. 1991.

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