Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"<OL TYPE="1"><LI>a son of Zerubbabel<LI>a Levite who returned for the exile<LI>father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem<LI>father of Zechariah<LI>a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark<LI>an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz</OL>