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Pelatiah

Deliverance of the Lord.

  1. Pelatiah (1)

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    A son of Hananiah and grandson of Zerubbabel (1 Chr. 3:21).

  2. Pelatiah (2)

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    A captain of “the sons of Simeon” (4:42).

  3. Pelatiah (3)

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    Neh. 10:22.

  4. Pelatiah (4)

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    One of the twenty-five princes of the people against whom Ezekiel prophesied on account of their wicked counsel (Ezek. 11:1-13).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(delivered by Jehovah).

Son of Hananiah the son of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21) (B.C. after 536.) One of the captains of the marauding band of Simeonites who in the reign of Hezekiah made an expedition to Mount Seir and smote the Amalekites. (1 Chronicles 4:42) (B.C. about 700.) One of the heads of the people, and probably the name of a family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:22) (B.C. about 440.) The son of Benaiah. and one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to utter the words of doom recorded in (Ezekiel 11:5-12) (B.C. about 592.)

In the Bible

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Verses where Pelatiah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 3:21

    The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:42

    And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir

  • Ezekiel 11:1

    Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.

  • Ezekiel 11:13

    Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

  • Nehemiah 10:22

    Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

Entries that reference Pelatiah

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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