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PEDAIAH (‘J″ [Note: Jahweh.] has redeemed’).—1. Father of Joel, ruler of Manasseh, west of the Jordan, in the time of David (1Ch_27:20). 2. ‘Of Rumah,’ father of Zehudah the mother of Jehoiakim (2Ki_23:35). 3. Son of Jeconiah (1Ch_3:15), in 1Ch_3:19 called the father of Zerubhabel, who, however, is otherwise represented as the son of Pedaiah’s brother Shealtiel. 4. A man of the family of Parosh, who repaired the wall of Jerusalem (Neh_3:25). 5. One of those who stood by Ezra when he read the Law to the people (Neh_8:4; 1Es_9:44 Phaldeus), perhaps identical with 4. 6. A Levite (Neh_13:18). 7. A Benjamite (Neh_11:7).
W. F. Boyd.