Pedaiah

Meaning: redemption of the Lord

This was the name of seven biblical men:

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

2. The father of Zerubbabel (1 Chr. 3:17-19).

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

4. Neh. 3:25.

5. A Levite (8:4).

6. A Benjamite (11:7).

7. A Levite (13:13).