Mijamin

The name Mijamin attaches to two priests in the Old Testament — one in David's organization of the priesthood, the other among the priests who sealed the covenant in Nehemiah's day.

A priestly division under David

When David apportioned the priestly service by lot, Mijamin received the sixth course. The list opens, "Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin" (1 Ch 24:7-9). The name belongs to a clan-head whose family thereafter took its turn at the sanctuary in the order the lot fixed.

A signer of Nehemiah's covenant

A later Mijamin appears among the priests who set their seal to the covenant of return. The roster begins with Nehemiah the governor and proceeds through priestly names: "Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests" (Ne 10:7-8). Here Mijamin stands among those who put their name to the renewed obligations of the post-exilic community.