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(Heb. Pelatyah', ôְּìִèְéָä , delivered of Jehovah; also in the prolonged form Pelatyau ‘hu, ôְּìִèְéָäåּ Eze_11:1; Eze_11:13; Sept. Öáëåôßá , Öáëåôôßá , Nehemiah Öáëôßá , in Ezekiel Öáëôßáò ), the name of four Jews.
1. Son of Ishi, of the tribe of Simeon, and one of the captains of the five hundred men who made a successful attack on the Amalekites in Mount Seir, in the reign of Hezekiah (1Ch_4:42). B.C. cir. 700.
2. The son of Benaiah, and one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to utter the words of doom recorded in Eze_11:5-12. The prophet in spirit saw him stand at the east gate of the Temple, and, as he spoke, the same vision showed him Pelatiah's sudden death (Eze_11:1; Eze_11:13). B.C. cir. 592.3. The first named of two (three) sons of Hananiah, among the descendants of David (1Ch_3:21). B.C. post 536.
4. One of the heads of the people who joined in the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh_10:22). B.C. cir. 440.