Pethahiah = "freed by Jehovah"<OL TYPE="1"><LI>a priest, in charge of the 19th course, in the time of David<LI>a Levite and returning exile who had married a foreign wife; probably the same as 3<LI>a Levite who helped lead in the confession of the people in the time of Ezra; probably the same as 2<LI>son of Meshezabeel, descendant of Zerah the son of Judah; deputy of the king in all matters concerning the people</OL>