- PELATIAH deliverance of the Lord. (1.) A son of Hananiah and grandson
of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:21).
(2.) A captain of “the sons of Simeon” (4:42).
(3.) Nehemiah 10:22.
(4.) One of the twenty-five princes of the people against whom Ezekiel
prophesied on account of their wicked counsel (Ezekiel 11:1-13).
- PELEG division, one of the sons of Eber; so called because “in his days
was the earth divided” (Genesis 10:25). Possibly he may have lived at the
time of the dispersion from Babel. But more probably the reference is to
the dispersion of the two races which sprang from Eber, the one spreading
towards Mesopotamia and Syria, and the other southward into Arabia. - PELET deliverance. (1.) A descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:47).
(2.) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:3).
- PELETH swiftness. (1.) A Reubenite whose son was one of the
conspirators against Moses and Aaron (Numbers 16:1).
(2.) One of the sons of Jonathan (1 Chronicles 2:33).
- PELETHITES mentioned always along with the Cherethites, and only in
the time of David. The word probably means “runners” or “couriers,” and
may denote that while forming part of David’s bodyguard, they were also
sometimes employed as couriers (2 Samuel 8:18; 20:7, 23;1 Kings 1:38, 44;
1 Chronicles 18:17). Some, however, think that these are the names simply
of two Philistine tribes from which David selected his body-guard. They
are mentioned along with the Gittites (2 Samuel 15:18), another body of
foreign troops whom David gathered round him. - PELICANS are frequently met with at the waters of Merom and the Sea
of Galilee. The pelican is ranked among unclean birds (Leviticus 11:18;
Deuteronomy 14:17). It is of an enormous size, being about 6 feet long,
with wings stretching out over 12 feet. The Hebrew name (kaath, i.e.,
“vomiter”) of this bird is incorrectly rendered “cormorant” in the
Authorized Version of Isaiah 34:11 and Zephaniah 2:14, but correctly in
the Revised Version. It receives its Hebrew name from its habit of storing
in its pouch large quantities of fish, which it disgorges when it feeds its
young. Two species are found on the Syrian coast, the Pelicanus