Reference: Pethahiah
Easton
loosed of the Lord. (1.) The chief of one of the priestly courses (the nineteenth) in the time of David (1Ch 24:16). (2.) A Levite (Ezr 10:23). (3.) Ne 9:5. (4.) A descendant of Judah who had some office at the court of Persia (Ne 11:24).
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And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah that is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: Get up and give praise to Jehovah your God forever and ever. Praise your great name that is lifted up high over all, blessing and praise.
Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.
Fausets
1. 1Ch 24:16.
3. Sprung from Zerah of Judah. "At the king's (Artaxerxes) hand (one of his council) in all matters concerning the people" (Ne 11:24; Ezr 7:1-20).
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Now after these things, when Artaxerxes was king of Persia, Ezra, the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, read more. The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: Ezra came from Babylon. He was a scribe (copyist) and an expert in the Law of Moses which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given. The king was moved by Jehovah his God to give him whatever he requested. Some of the children of Israel went with some of the priests and Levites and the music-makers and the doorkeepers and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king's rule. He started his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month. He arrived at Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God. Ezra devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of Jehovah. He taught its decrees and laws in Israel. This is a copy of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe-copyist, who put into writing the words of the orders of Jehovah and of his rules for Israel: Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, all peace; It is my order that all the people of Israel, including their priests and Levites in my kingdom, who are ready and have a desire to go to Jerusalem, are to go with you. The king and his seven wise men send you to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem. The Law of your God orders you. You are to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, who's Temple is in Jerusalem, As well as all the silver and gold which you get from the land of Babylon, together with the offering of the people and of the priests, freely given for the house of their God in Jerusalem. Use this money to buy bulls, sheep, and lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, to be offered on the altar of the house of your God, which is in Jerusalem. Whatever seems right to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do, as may be pleasing to your God. The vessels that have been given to you for the uses of the house of your God, you are to give to the God of Jerusalem. Whatever is needed for the house of your God, and which you may have to give, take it from the king's storehouse.
And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah that is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: Get up and give praise to Jehovah your God forever and ever. Praise your great name that is lifted up high over all, blessing and praise.
Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.
Hastings
1. The head of the nineteenth priestly course (1Ch 24:15). 2. A Levite (Ezr 10:23; Ne 9:5); in 1Es 9:23 Patheus. 3. A Judahite officer (Ne 11:24).
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And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah that is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: Get up and give praise to Jehovah your God forever and ever. Praise your great name that is lifted up high over all, blessing and praise.
Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.
Morish
Pethahi'ah
1. Head of the nineteenth priestly course. 1Ch 24:16.
2. Levite who had married a strange wife. Ezr 10:23.
3. Levite who called upon the people to bless Jehovah. Ne 9:5.
4. Son of Meshezabeel, a descendant of Judah: he was at the king of Persia's hand 'in all matters concerning the people.' Ne 11:24.
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And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah that is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: Get up and give praise to Jehovah your God forever and ever. Praise your great name that is lifted up high over all, blessing and praise.
Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.
Smith
Pethahi'ah
(freed by Jehovah).
1. A priest, over the nineteenth course in the reign of David.
(B.C. 1020.)
2. A Levite in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife.
He is probably the same who is mentioned in
(B.C. 458.)
3. The son of Meshezabeel, and descendant of Zerah.
(B.C. 446.)
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And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah that is Kelita, Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: Get up and give praise to Jehovah your God forever and ever. Praise your great name that is lifted up high over all, blessing and praise.
Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.