PELATIAH

(Pel·a·tiʹah) [Jehovah Has Provided Escape].

1. One of four Simeonite chieftains who led 500 men against Mount Seir and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites, likely during Hezekiah’s reign.​—1Ch 4:41-43.

2. Son of Benaiah; a prince of Israel whom Ezekiel saw in vision. Pelatiah, along with Jaazaniah, was “scheming hurtfulness and advising bad counsel” against Jerusalem. Ezekiel was inspired to utter a prophecy against the people of Israel, after which Pelatiah died.​—Eze 11:1-13.

3. A distant descendant of David and grandson of Zerubbabel. (1Ch 3:19-21) Possibly the same as No. 4.

4. A family head represented in the signatures to the covenant promising not to take foreign wives.​—Ne 9:38; 10:1, 14, 22; see No. 3.