Person Old Testament
Pedaiah
Pedaiah, a descendant of King Jehoiachin of Judah born during the Babylonian captivity. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Chronicles 3:18.
Why it matters. Descendant of King Jehoiachin of Judah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Pedaiah
Pedaiah was a descendant of King Jehoiachin (also known as Jeconiah) of Judah, according to 1Ch.3.18-19. He was born during the Babylonian captivity after Jehoiachin was deposed and exiled by Nebuchadnezzar. Pedaiah's brothers included Shealtiel, Malchiram, and Shenazzar. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel, who led the first group of exiles back to Jerusalem. However, 1Ch.3.19 also lists Zerubbabel as the son of Pedaiah, suggesting that Pedaiah may have been Zerubbabel's legal father, possibly due to a levirate marriage.
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.
- Parents
- Shealtiel (?)
- Children
- ShimeiZerubbabel
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.