Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

Pedaiah

Bible References

The king's

Jeremiah 22:14
Who says, ‘I will build myself a roomy house
With spacious upper rooms,
And cut out its windows,
Paneling it with cedar and painting it bright red.’
Jeremiah 39:8
The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king’s palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

By the court

Nehemiah 12:39
and above the Gate of Ephraim, by the Old Gate, by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
Jeremiah 32:2
Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah,
Jeremiah 33:1
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still confined in the court of the guard, saying,
Jeremiah 37:21
Then King Zedekiah gave commandment, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse and gave him a loaf of bread daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guardhouse.
Jeremiah 39:15
Now the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guardhouse, saying,

Pedaiah

Nehemiah 8:4
Ezra the scribe stood at a wooden podium which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam on his left hand.

Parosh

Nehemiah 7:8
the sons of Parosh, 2,172;
Ezra 2:3
the sons of Parosh, 2,172;