MICA

(Miʹca) [shortened form of Michael or Micaiah].

The English names Mica and Micah have resulted from a minor difference in the Hebrew spelling.

1. Son of Mephibosheth (Merib-baal) and grandson of King Saul’s son Jonathan. Mica (also called Micah) was the father of Pithon, Melech, Tarea (Tahrea), and Ahaz.​—2Sa 9:12; 1Ch 8:33-35; 9:39-41.

2. One of the Levites (or the forefather of one) attesting by seal the “trustworthy arrangement” of Nehemiah’s time.​—Ne 9:38; 10:1, 9, 11.

3. A Levite descendant of Asaph and the son of Zichri (also identified as Zabdi and Zaccur). Mica was the father of Mattaniah and is also called Micah and Micaiah.​—1Ch 9:14, 15; Ne 11:17, 22; 12:35.