PETHAHIAH

1. Levite and ancestor of one of the postexilic priestly families (1 Chr 24:16).

2. Levite who obeyed Ezra’s exhortation to divorce his pagan wife after the exile (Ezr 10:23).

3. Levite who assisted Ezra at the Feast of Tabernacles (Neh 9:5).

4. Meshezabel’s son from Judah’s tribe, who served as an adviser to the Persian king (Neh 11:24).