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Pedaiah
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The source enumerates 7 distinct subjects under Pedaiah. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Redemption of the Lord.
Pedaiah (1)
#The father of Zebudah, who was the wife of Josiah and mother of king Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36).
Pedaiah (2)
#The father of Zerubbabel (1 Chr. 3:17-19).
Pedaiah (3)
#. The father of Joel, ruler of the half-tribe of Manasseh (1 Chr. 27:20).
Pedaiah (4)
#Pedaiah (5)
#A Levite (8:4).
Pedaiah (6)
#A Benjamite (11:7).
Pedaiah (7)
#A Levite (13:13).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(whom Jehovah redeems).
The father of Zebudah, mother of King Jehoiakim. (2 Kings 23:38) (B.C. before 648.) The brother of Salathiel or Shealtiel and father of Zerubbabel who is usually called the “son of Shealtiel,” being, as Lord A. Hervey conjectures, in reality his uncle’s successor and heir, in consequence Of the failure of issue in the direct line. (1 Chronicles 3:17-19) (B.C. before 536.) Son of Parosh, that is, one of the family or that name, who assisted Nehemiah in repairing the walls of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:25) (B.C. about 446.) Apparently a priest; one of those who stood on the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people. (Nehemiah 8:4) (B.C. 445.) A Benjamite, ancestor of Sallu. (Nehemiah 11:7) A Levite in the time of Nehemiah, (Nehemiah 13:13) apparently the same as 4. The father of Joel, prince of the half tribe of Manasseh in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 27:20) (B.C. before 1013.)
In the Bible
8
Verses where Pedaiah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 3:18
Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:19
The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The children of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, their sister Shelomith,
- 1 Chronicles 27:20
over the Ephraimites was Hoshea son of Azaziah; over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh was Joel son of Pedaiah;
- 2 Kings 23:36
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
- Nehemiah 3:25
and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
- Nehemiah 8:4
Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
+2 more verses naming Pedaiah.
Scripture on Pedaiah
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Entries that reference Pedaiah
5
Pedaiah references
20
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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