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.
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Barnes' Notes
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,…
Adam Clarke
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…
Having given an account of the principal persons that dwelt in Jerusalem (a larger account of whom he had before, Ch1 9:2, etc.), Nehemiah, in these verses, gives us some account of the other cities,…
Cambridge Bible
Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel(R.V. Meshezabel) … Zerah On -Zerah the son of Judah" see note on Neh 11:4-6.
at the king's hand What this exactly meant we are left to conjecture. Pethahiah was in…
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