Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.p>

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Pedaiah:p> <p class="bodytext">Zerubbabel and Shimei.p> <p class="bodytext">The sons of Zerubbabel:p> <p class="bodytext">Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister.p>

<p class="bodytext">Hoshea son of Azaziah led the Ephraimites,p> <p class="bodytext">Joel son of Pedaiah led the half-tribe of Manasseh,p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.

After him Palal son of Uzai worked<n id="1" /> opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace<n id="2" /> of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

<p class="bodytext">These are the descendants of Benjamin:p> <p class="bodytext">Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah,

<p class="bodytext">Ezra the scribe stood on a towering wooden platform<n id="1" /> constructed for this purpose. Standing near him on his right were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Masseiah. On his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

I gave instructions<n id="1" /> that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of<n id="2" /> the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant,<n id="3" /> for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues.<n id="4" />p>