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•MESHECH drawing out, the sixth son of Japheth (Genesis 10:2), the founder of a tribe (1 Chronicles 1:5; Ezekiel 27:13; 38:2,3). They were in all probability the Moschi, a people inhabiting the Moschian Mountains, between the Black and the Caspian Seas. In Psalm 120:5 the name occurs as simply a synonym for foreigners or barbarians. “During the ascendency of the Babylonians and Persians in Western Asia, the Moschi were subdued; but it seems probable that a large number of them crossed the Caucasus range and spread over the northern steppes, mingling with the Scythians. There they became known as Muscovs, and gave that name to the Russian nation and its ancient capital by which they are still generally known throughout the East”
•MESHELEMIAH friendship of Jehovah, a Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah (1 Chronicles 9:21; 26:1, 2, 9, 14). He was a temple gate-keeper in the time of David.
•MESHILLEMOTH requitals. (1.) The father of Berechiah (2 Chronicles 28:12).
(2.) A priest, the son of Immer (Nehemiah 11:13).
•MESHULLAM befriended. (1.) One of the chief Gadites in Bashan in the time of Jotham (1 Chronicles 5:13).
(2.) Grandfather of Shaphan, “the scribe,” in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:3).
(3.) A priest, father of Hilkiah (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11), in the reign of Ammon; called Shallum in 1 Chronicles 6:12.
(4.) A Levite of the family of Kohath (2 Chronicles 34:12), in the reign of Josiah.
(5.) 1 Chronicles 8:17.
(6.) 1 Chronicles 3:19.
(7.) Nehemiah 12:13.
(8.) A chief priest (Nehemiah 12:16).
(9.) One of the leading Levites in the time of Ezra (8:16). (10.) A priest (1 Chronicles 9:12).
(11.) One of the principal Israelites who supported Ezra when expounding the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:4).