Pedaiah

This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:

1. Maternal grandfather of Judah’s King Jehoiakim. Pedaiah was from Rumah (2 Kgs 23:36).→ View encyclopedia entry

2. Jeconiah’s third son (1 Chr 3:18–19).→ View encyclopedia entry

3. Joel’s father from the half-tribe of Manasseh (1 Chr 27:20).→ View encyclopedia entry

4. Parosh’s son, who worked with the temple servants in repairing the Jerusalem wall opposite the Water Gate (Neh 3:25).→ View encyclopedia entry

5. One who stood beside Ezra during the public reading of the Law (Neh 8:4).→ View encyclopedia entry

6. Kolaiah’s son and Joed’s father (Neh 11:7). He was a member of Benjamin’s tribe and lived in Jerusalem after the return from exile.→ View encyclopedia entry

7. Levite appointed by Nehemiah as treasurer of the storehouse to distribute grain, wine, and oil to the priests who served in the temple (Neh 13:13).→ View encyclopedia entry

From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.

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