PELAIAH

(Pe·laʹiah) [Jah Has Acted Wonderfully].

1. A Levite who assisted Ezra in reading and explaining the Law to the Israelites assembled in Jerusalem’s public square. He is probably the same Levite (unless a representative of a family by that name is meant) who attested to the covenant of faithfulness put forward shortly thereafter.​—Ne 8:1, 5-8; 9:38; 10:1, 9, 10.

2. One of the last generation of David’s descendants mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures.​—1Ch 3:1, 5, 10, 24.