Maluk

Levites and Covenant Sealers

Auch bekannt als: Malluch, Meliku

Die RückkehrPriestLeaderc. 500–400 BC

Maluk is a name that appears several times in the Old Testament, particularly in connection with the return from exile in Babylon. He is best known as one of the Levites and priests who sealed the covenant with God under Nehemiah's leadership, and as part of the genealogies in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

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Schlüsselereignisse

Listed in the Genealogy

Maluk is mentioned among the priests who returned from exile in Babylon to Jerusalem, as part of those who rebuilt the Jewish community.

2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
אֲמַרְיָ֥ה מַלּ֖וּךְ חַטּֽוּשׁ׃ ‬

Sealing of the Covenant

Maluk was among the Levites and leaders who sealed the covenant to follow God's law during Nehemiah's time, committing themselves to faithfulness toward the Lord.

4Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
פַּשְׁח֥וּר אֲמַרְיָ֖ה מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃ ‬

Listed Among the Descendants of Bani

A Malluk is mentioned among the descendants of Bani who had taken foreign wives and were required to send them away during Ezra's reform.

29From the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Ramoth.
וּמִבְּנֵ֖י בָּנִ֑י מְשֻׁלָּ֤ם מַלּוּךְ֙ וַעֲדָיָ֔ה יָשׁ֖וּב וּשְׁאָ֥ל *ירמות **וְרָמֽוֹת׃ ס ‬

Levitical lineage

Malluk appears in the genealogies in 1 Chronicles as part of the Levitical line, confirming his place in temple service.

29On the left stood their kinsmen, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
וּבְנֵ֧י מְרָרִ֛י אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם עַֽל־הַשְּׂמֹ֑אול אֵיתָן֙ בֶּן־קִישִׁ֔י בֶּן־עַבְדִּ֖י בֶּן־מַלּֽוּךְ׃ ‬

Priestly service after the exile

Malluk is mentioned among the priestly families who served in the temple after the rebuilding of Jerusalem and helped restore religious order.

14of Malluch, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
*למלוכי **לִמְלִ֙יכוּ֙ יֽוֹנָתָ֔ן לִשְׁבַנְיָ֖ה יוֹסֵֽף׃ ‬

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