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1 Kings 10:15 וּפַח֥וֹת and [the] governors of

not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.

1 Kings 20:24 פַּח֖וֹת governors

So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.

2 Kings 18:24 פַחַ֥ת [the] governor

For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

2 Chronicles 9:14 וּפַח֣וֹת and [the] governors of

not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

Ezra 8:36 וּפַחֲו֖וֹת and [the] governors of

They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.

Nehemiah 2:7 פַּחֲו֖וֹת [the] governors of

I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.

Nehemiah 2:9 פַּֽחֲווֹת֙ [the] governors of

Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.

Nehemiah 3:7 פַּחַ֖ת [the] governor of

Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.

Nehemiah 5:14 פֶּחָם֮ הַפֶּ֖חָה governor their, the governor

Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.

Nehemiah 5:15 וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ and the governors

The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.

Here: A Persian-era title for the official governing a province or sub-province, borrowed through Akkadian. These are the imperial appointees who ran Judah before Nehemiah, the same office he now holds (v.14).

Nehemiah 5:18 הַפֶּחָה֙ the governor

Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

Nehemiah 12:26 הַפֶּחָ֔ה the governor

They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.

Esther 3:12 הַפַּח֞וֹת the governors

On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

Here: Provincial governors, the middle tier. The same title is used for the Persian-era governors of Judah such as Zerubbabel and Nehemiah.

Esther 8:9 וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ and the governors

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

Esther 9:3 וְהַפַּח֗וֹת and the governors

And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

Isaiah 36:9 פַחַ֥ת [the] governor

For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Jeremiah 51:23 פַּח֖וֹת governors

With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.

Here: Provincial governors: imperial administrators placed over a district. It is an Akkadian title (from bēl pīḫati, 'lord of a province'). In the Persian period the same word is used for Zerubbabel and Nehemiah as 'governor of Judah'.

Jeremiah 51:28 פַּחוֹתֶ֖יהָ governors its

Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

Jeremiah 51:57 פַּחוֹתֶ֤יהָ governors its

I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

Here: Provincial governors. The word was borrowed from Akkadian, the language of Babylon itself, so the list uses the empire's own titles for its officials.

Ezekiel 23:6 פַּח֣וֹת governors

clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.

Ezekiel 23:12 פַּח֨וֹת governors

She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.

Ezekiel 23:23 פַּח֤וֹת governors

the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.

Haggai 1:1 פַּחַ֣ת [the] governor of

In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating

Here: A loanword from Akkadian for a provincial governor appointed by the empire. Zerubbabel has David's blood but holds a Persian office, not a crown.

Haggai 1:14 פַּחַ֣ת [the] governor of

So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,

Here: An official appointed by the Persian king to run a province. The word came into Hebrew from Akkadian, the language of Assyria and Babylon. The heir of David holds office under a foreign empire, not as a king.

Haggai 2:2 פַּחַ֣ת [the] governor of

“Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,

Here: A loanword from Akkadian (the language of Babylon/Assyria) for an imperial provincial official. Zerubbabel governs Judah on behalf of the Persian king, not as a king in his own right.

Haggai 2:21 פַּֽחַת־ [the] governor of

“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:

Here: A loanword from the imperial administration. It names a provincial governor appointed by the Persian king, not an independent ruler. The title says Zerubbabel's authority, for now, is borrowed from Persia.

Malachi 1:8 לְפֶחָתֶ֗ךָ to governor your

When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

Here: 'To your governor': the Persian-appointed governor of the province of Judah (Yehud). He was a real, local official whose household was supplied by the people (Neh 5:14–18).