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Pethahiah
Loosed of the Lord. (1.) The chief of one of the priestly courses (the nineteenth) in the time of David (1 Chr 24:16). (2.) A Levite (Ezra 10:23). (3.) Neh 9:5. (4.) A descendant of Judah who had some office at the court of Persia (Neh 11:24).
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- 1 Chronicles 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
- Ezra 10:23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
- Nehemiah 9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Nehemiah 11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
