A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.20;
son of: Zerubbabel (H2216);
brother of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H0169), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142), Abiud (G0010)
§ Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"
1) a son of Zerubbabel
2) a Levite who returned for the exile
3) father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4) father of Zechariah
5) a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark
6) an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz