Berechiah Blessed by Jehovah. (1.) Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1 Chronicles 6:39; 15:17). (2.) One of the seven Ephraimite chieftains, son of Meshillemoth (2 Chronicles 28:12). (3.) The fourth of the five sons of Zerubbabel, of the royal family of Judah (1 Chronicles 3:20). (4.) The father of the prophet Zechariah (1:1, 7). Easton's Bible Dictionary