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Bible Encyclopedias
Pedaiah
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or [some Pedai'ah] (Heb. Pedayah', פְּדָיָה,l preserved of Jehovah; written also Pedaydhu, פְּדָיָהוּ, with the same meaning, 1 Chronicles 27:20; Sept. Φαδαϊ v α or Φαδαϊ v ας ), the name of at least six Hebrews.
1. The father of Joel, which latter was ruler of the half-tribe of Manasseh during the latter part of David's reign (1 Chronicles 27:20). B.C. ante 1013.
2. A citizen "of Rumah," and the father of the Zebudah who was wife to Josiah, and mother of Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36). B.C. ante 648.
3. The father of Zerubbabel, by the widow of his brother Salathiel (1 Chronicles 3:18), under the Levirate law (comp. Strong's Harmony, p. 17). B.C. ante 536.
4. A "son of Parosh;" an Israelite who aided in repairing the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah (Nehemiah 3:25). B.C. cir. 446.
5. Son of Kolaiah, and father of Joed of the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned only in the genealogy of Sallu (Nehemiah 11:7). B.C. ante 445.
6. A Levite whom Nehemiah appointed one of the sacred treasurers, or disbursers (Nehemiah 13:13); apparently the same who stood on the left of Ezra while he read the law, but of whom nothing further is known (Nehemiah 8:4). B.C. 445.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Pedaiah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/pedaiah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
