Person Old Testament
Meshezabel
Also known as Meshezabel =ESV, NIV; Meshezabeel =KJV
Meshezabel, from the descendants of Judah, was the people's representative to the Persian king. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 11:24.
Why it matters. A representative of the people to the Persian king.
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Meshezabel
Meshezabel, a descendant of Judah, is mentioned in the book of Nehemiah as the people's representative to the Persian king (Neh.11.24). This information is provided in the context of a list of people who resettled in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, was appointed to represent the people in all matters concerning the king.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)