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Judith 11:24

Et Phethahia filius Mesezabel de filiis Zara filii Iudae, legatus regis in omni negotio populi.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Meshezabeel;   Pethahiah;   Zarah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Pethahiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judea;   Meshezabeel;   Pethahiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Meshezabeel;   Pethahiah;   Zarhite;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Meshezabel;   Pethahiah;   Priests and Levites;   Writing;   Zerah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benjamin ;   Meshezabeel ;   Pethahiah ;   Zara, Zarah, Zerah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Meshez'abe-El;   Pethahi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jeuel;   Meshezabel;   Pethahiah;   Zerah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Government;   Nehemiah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
et Phathahia filius Mesezebel, de filiis Zara filii Juda in manu regis, juxta omne verbum populi,
Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
et Phathahia filius Mesezebel, de filiis Zara filii Juda in manu regis, juxta omne verbum populi,

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.


 
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