MESHEZABEL.1. One of those who helped to repair the wall (Neh_3:4). 2. One of those who sealed the covenant (Neh_10:21). 3. The father of Pethahiah (Neh_11:24).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
mḗ-shez?a-bel (משׁיזבאל, meshēzēbhe'ēl, ?God a deliverer?; the King James Version Meshezabeel, me-shez?a-bel):
(1) A priest, ancestor of Meshullam, who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem (Neh_3:4).
(2) One of the chiefs of the people giving name to the family which sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh_10:21).
(3) A descendant of Judah through Zerah, and father of Pethahiah (Neh_11:24).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.