Bible Strands
Nehemiah 10:3
Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text lists Pashhur, Amariah, and Malchijah as part of a sequential roster of officials appending their names to a corporate covenant document. This occurs immediately after Seraiah, Azariah, and Jeremiah are named in Nehemiah 10:2, and before Hattush, Shebaniah, and Malluch follow in Nehemiah 10:4.
The words — פַּשְׁח֥וּר (pash.Chur) and אֲמַרְיָ֖ה ('a.mar.Yah) function strictly as proper names in the Hebrew text, identifying specific individuals without embedded descriptive meaning. מַלְכִּיָּֽה (mal.ki.Yah) operates identically as a personal identifier.
The thread — Malchijah reappears in Nehemiah 3:11 overseeing a wall repair section and in Nehemiah 11:12 among temple workers. The sequential naming pattern continues in Nehemiah 10:4 with Hattush, Shebaniah, and Malluch.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that collective religious commitment is enacted through specific, named individuals who publicly attach themselves to a written agreement. It requires the reader to track how individual accountability structures communal obedience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
Cross-references
- Nehemiah 3:11 Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.
- Nehemiah 8:4 Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
- Nehemiah 11:12 and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;
- Nehemiah 12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
- Nehemiah 12:13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;