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Pelatiah
PELATIAH (pĕl'a-tī'a, Heb. pelatyâh, Jehovah has delivered)
Hananiah’s son who descended from Shealtiel from the family of David (
PELATIAH pĕl’ ə tī’ ə (פְּלוֹנִֽי, Yahweh delivers). 1. A descendant of Solomon, grandson of Zerubbabel (
2. A Simeonite who helped destroy the Amalekite remnant at Mount Seir in the time of Hezekiah (
3. Son of Benaiah, one of the two princes whom Ezekiel pictured as giving “wicked counsel” during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, and who fell dead while Ezekiel prophesied (
4. One who sealed the covenant under Nehemiah (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(pelatyah, "Yahweh delivers"):
(1) One who "sealed" the covenant (
(2) A descendant of Solomon, grandson of Zerubbabel (
(3) A Simeonite, one of the captains who cleared out the Amalekites and dwelt on the captured land (
(4) A prince of the people whom Ezekiel (in Babylon) pictures as `devising mischief’ and giving `wicked counsel’ in Jerusalem. He is represented as falling dead while Ezekiel prophesies (