Pedaiah

Meaning: redemption of the Lord

This was the name of 7 Biblical men.

1. Pedaiah, the father of Zebudah, who was the wife of King Josiah and mother of King Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36)

2. Pedaiah, the father of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:17-19)

3. Pedaiah, the father of Joel, ruler of the half-tribe of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 27:20)

4. Pedaiah, son of Parosh Nehemiah 3:25

   He worked near Palal son of Uzai, repairing Jerusalem under the direction of Nehemiah.

5. Pedaiah, a Levite (Nehemiah 8:4)

6. Pedaiah, a Benjamite (Nehemiah 11:7)

7. Pedaiah, a Levite (Nehemiah 13:13).