Dictionaries :: Kolaiah

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Kolaiah:

ko-la'-ya, ko-li'-a (qolayah, "voice of Yah"):

(1) A Benjamite, son of Maaseiah (Ne 11:7).

(2) Father of Ahab, a false prophet and a lecherous man (Jer 29:21-23).

Nave's Topical Bible

Kolaiah: 1. A Benjamite and Ancestor of Sallu

Neh 11:7

Kolaiah: 2. Father of the False Prophet Ahab

Jer 29:21

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Kolaiah:

(voice of Jehovah).

(1.) A Benjamite whose descendants settled in Jerusalem after the return from the captivity (Nehemiah 11:7). (B.C. before 536)

(2.) The father of Ahab the false prophet, who was burnt by the king of Babylon (Jeremiah 29:21). (B.C. before 594)