Pethahiah

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. A priest during the reign of David

• 1 Chronicles 24:16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

2. A Levite who divorced his Gentile wife

• Ezra 10:23 Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

Probably identical with the one mentioned

• Nehemiah 9:5 Then the Levites— Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah— said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

3. A counselor of Artaxerxes

• Nehemiah 11:24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.