pahath-moab Summary and Overview

governor of Moab, a person whose descendants returned from the Captivity and assisted in rebuilding Jerusalem (Ezra 2:6; 8:4; 10:30).

(governor of Moab), head of one of the chief houses of the tribe of Judah. Of the individual or the occasion of his receiving so singular a name nothing is known certainty but as we read in #1Ch 4:22| of a family of Shilonites, of the tribe of Judah, who in very early times "had dominion in Moab," it may be conjectured that this was the origin of the name.

PA'HATH-MO'AB (governor of Moah), the head of one of the principal families of the tribe of Judah, whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel, Ezr 2:6; Rom 8:4; Ezr 10:30; Neh 3:11; Neh 7:11; Num 10:14. With respect to the name, it may be noticed that, according to 1 Chr 4:22, a family of Shilonites, of the tribe of Judah, had in early times "dominion in Moab."