Neemia 11:24

La Riveduta Bibbia

E Pethahia, figliuolo di Mescezabeel, de’ figliuoli di Zerach, figliuolo di Giuda, era commissario del re per tutti gli affari del popolo.

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
Pethahiah, figlio di Mescezabeel, dei figli di Zerah, figlio di Giuda, era il delegato del re per tutti gli affari del popolo.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
E Petahia, figliuolo di Mesezabeel, de’ figliuoli di Zera, figliuolo di Giuda, era commessario del re, in ogni affare del re col popolo.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Meshezabeel: Nehemiah 10:21

Zerah: Genesis 38:30, Zarah, Numbers 26:20, Matthew 1:3, Zara

at the king's: 1 Chronicles 18:17, 1 Chronicles 23:28, *marg.

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 2:4 - Zerah

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah, the son of Judah,.... The twin brother of Pharez,

Genesis 38:30 was

at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people; to speak for them to the king, as Jarchi; when they had a favour to ask of him, a petition to present to him, he delivered it for them, and by him the king returned the answer.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is difficult to say what office Pethahiah filled. So far as we know, the only regular officers under the Persian system of government were the satrap, the subsatrap, the permanent royal secretary, the commandant, and the occasional commissary.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 24. Pethahiah - was at the king's hand — He was the governor appointed by the Persian king over the Jewish nation in those matters in which the civil government interfered with Jewish concerns. He no doubt fixed, levied, and received the tribute.