Nehemiah 11:24 “Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was t…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

World English Bible

Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

American Standard Version

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Pethahiah the sonne of Meshezabeel, of the sonnes of Zerah, the sonne of Iudah was at the Kings hand in all matters concerning the people.

Darby Translation

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

Young's Literal Translation

And Pethahiah son of Meshezabeel, of the sons of Zerah, son of Judah, [is] by the hand of the king, for every matter of the people.

Bible in Basic English

And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.

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Cross references

“Meshezabeel”

Nehemiah 10:21

Nehemiah 10:21 · BSB

Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

“Zerah”

Genesis 38:30

Genesis 38:30 · BSB

Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

“Zarah”

Numbers 26:20 Matthew 1:3

Numbers 26:20 · BSB

These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.

Matthew 1:3 · BSB

Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

“Zara”

1 Chronicles 18:17 1 Chronicles 23:28

1 Chronicles 18:17 · BSB

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.

1 Chronicles 23:28 · BSB

but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.

25As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;

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