Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Delaiah

Freed by Jehovah.

1. The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18).
2. A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah's first roll of prophecy was read (Jer. 36:12).
3. The head of one of the bands of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:60; Neh. 7:62).