pelatiah Summary and Overview

deliverance of the Lord. (1.) A son of Hananiah and grandson of Zerubbabel (1 Chr. 3:21). (2.) A captain of "the sons of Simeon" (4:42). (3.) Neh. 10:22. (4.) One of the twenty-five princes of the people against whom Ezekiel prophesied on account of their wicked counsel (Ezek. 11:1-13).

(delivered by Jehovah). 1. Son of Hananiah the son of Zerubbabel. #1Ch 3:21| (B.C. after 536.) 2. One of the captains of the marauding band of Simeonites who in the reign of Hezekiah made an expedition to Mount Seir and smote the Amalekites. #1Ch 4:42| (B.C. about 700.) 3. One of the heads of the people, and probably the name of a family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. #Ne 10:22| (B.C. about 440.) 4. The son of Benaiah. and one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to utter the words of doom recorded in #Eze 11:5-12| (B.C. about 592.)

PELATI'AH (whom Jehovah delivers). 1. The grandson of Zerubbabel. 1 Chr 3:21. 2. A Simeonite captain on an expedition to Mount Seir. 1 Chr 4:42. 3. One of the heads of the people, who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. Neh 10:22. 4. One of the five-and-twenty men who withstood the prophet Ezekiel and counselled the people of Israel wickedly, but was suddenly struck dead while the The Pelican. prophet was uttering his prediction. Eze 11:1-13.

1. 1 Chronicles 3:21. 2. 1 Chronicles 4:42. 3. Nehemiah 10:22. 4. One of the 25 princes; ringleader of the scorners "devising mischief." Like Ananias (Acts 5:5) stricken dead; an earnest of the destruction of the rest, as Ezekiel foretold (Ezekiel 11:1-13). The prophet fell on his face thereupon saying, "Ah! Lord God! wilt Thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?" The people regarded Pelatiah as a mainstay of the city. His name suggested hope, from paalat "to escape," or Yah pileet, "God delivers." Is that hope to be disappointed? asks Ezekiel; is his death a token that all, even the remnant, shall be destroyed?