Pahath-moab

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Governor of Moab, a person whose descendants returned from the Captivity and assisted in rebuilding Jerusalem (Ezra 2:6; 8:4; 10:30).

Scripture References

ISBE

pa'-hath-mo'-ab (pachath mo'abh, "sheik of Moab"; in I Esdras 5:11; 8:31, "Phaath Moab"): A Jewish clan probably named after an ancestor of the above title. Part of the clan returned with Zerubbabel ( Ezr 2:6 ; compare Ne 7:11 ) under two family names, Jeshua and Joab; and a part came back with Ezra ( Ezr 8:4 ). Hashub, a "son of Pahath-moab," is named among the repairers of both the wall and the "tower of the furnaces" at Jerusalem ( Ne 3:11 ). It is the name of one of the signatories "sealing" the "sure covenant" of Ne 9:38 ( Ne 10:14 ). Some of the sons of this name had taken "strange wives" ( Ezr 10:30 ) Henry Wallace