Pedahel (Hastings' Dictionary)

The prince of Naph- tali, one of those who took part in dividing the land, Nu 34% P, The name belongs to the late and artificial class which has so many representa- tives in P (cf. Gray, Heb. Proper Names, 198, 200, 210, 310, and in Hapos. Sept. 1897, p. 179 ff.) PEDAHZUR (‘x923, adac(c)o%p).—The father of Gamaliel, the prince of the tribe of Manasseh, at the time of the Exodus, Nu 110 2” 754.

δ9 103, The question of the early or late character of such compound names, and of the early use by the Hebrews of Zur (=‘rock’) absolutely as a divine name will be found fully discussed by Hommel (AHT 300, 319f.), who affirms such use, and ἃ. Buchanan Gray (Heb. Proper Names, 196, and especially in his criticism of Hommel in Expos. Sept. 1897, pp. 179 ff.), who denies it. See also art. Rock. J. A. SELBIE. PEDAIAH (7:73 ‘J” has redeemed,’ 39:79 in 1 Ch 27" ; the Sept.

MSS have a great variety of forms ; Parad, Φαλαδαιά, etc., are probably corruptions of Φαδαιά in which A has been mistaken for A).—4. Father of Joel, who was ruler under David over western Manasseh (1 Ch 27”, B Φαλαδαιά, A Φαλδιί, Luc. adalas). So early an occurrence of a com- pound name in which one of the elements is 7 can be paralleled from P only (Gray, Heb. Proper Names, 198f.) 2. Father of Zebidah, one of the wives of king Josiah (2K 23%, B ᾿Εδείλ, A ἘΕἰεδδιλά).

teas 2a his daughter he became great-grandfather of king Jehoiachin, one of whose sons has the same name (No. 8), accidentally it may be supposed (cf. Gray, Heb. Proper Names, . 6). It is stated that he was an inhabitant of umah, 8, Third son of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah), the captive (1 Ch 3 B Φαλδαίας, A Padalas, Luc. asad). Jehoiachin was probably still without children when he was taken to Babylon (2 K 24°; cf. his age given in νυ...

Pedaiah’s birth may therefore be dated after his father’s release from prison in 661 (2 K 257”), His name (see meaning above) is appropriate to such circum- stances. In 1 Ch 3” he is named Zerubbabel’s father. Elsewhere Zerubbabel is his nephew, son of his brother Shealtiel (Hag, Ezr, Neh, Mt, Lk; also Aand Bin 1Ch). It is more polars that there is an error in the text of 1 Ch than that Zerubbabel was merely Shealtiel’s legal son (Dt 25°), being actually Pedaiah’s son by his brother’s widow.

It is questionable if the child of a levirate marriage could be called son of the levir. If he were entered as such in family registers, the whole purpose of the custom would be nullified. 4, One of those who repaired the wall of Jerusalem at the instigation of ananiah (Neh 3” BA Φαδαιά, Lue. Φαδαῦ. He belonged to the clan Parosh, which was an important part of the post-exilic community (Neh 78, Ezr 8%).

He is contemporary with two others of the same name (5 and 6), and all, pre- sumably, were resident in Jerusalem. Perhaps he is identical with the next following. 5, One of those who ‘stood beside’ Ezra when he read the Law to the people (Neh 8* Φαδαίας, in 1 Es 94 B Φαλαδαῖος, A Φαλδαῖος, Phaldeus). His position seems rather one of prominence in the community than of association with Ezra. 6.

One of a com- mittee of four appointed by Nehemiah, on the occasion of his second visit, to receive and distri- bute the tithes and offerings of the people (Neh 13% B Φαλαιά, AN Luc. Φαδαιά)η. He was a Levite, and evidently chosen to represent the interests of his class. ‘There is no proof that he is identical with 5. Neither the priest nor the scribe who were his colleagues appear elsewhere. 7.

An ancestor of Sallu, who was one of the Benjamite inhabitants of Jerusalem after the Exile (Neh 11’, B Φαλαιά, A Luc. Φαδαιά). He is put in the third eneration before Sallu. In the version of the ist contained in 1 Ch 9 Sallu’s ancestry is given differently, and Pedaiah’s name does not occur (γ. 7). W. B. STEVENSON. PEDIAS (B Πεδίας, A Παιδείας, AV Pelias), 1 Es 9, a corruption of BEDEIAH, Ezr 10.