Pedaya

Moshav in central Israel

Place in Central, Israel

Pedaya

פְּדָיָה

Pedaya

Coordinates: 31°51′27″N 34°53′1.31″E﻿ / ﻿31.85750°N 34.8836972°E﻿ / 31.85750; 34.8836972
Country| Israel
District| Central
Council| Gezer
Affiliation| Moshavim Movement
Founded| 1951
Founded by| Iraqi immigrants
Population

(2022)[1]

| 830

Pedaya (Hebrew: פְּדָיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Mazkeret Batya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 830.[1]

## History

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The moshav was founded in 1951 immigrants from Iraq. Its name is taken from 2 Kings 23:36:

> Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.[2]

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pdaya.

1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. ^ 2 Kings Chapter 23 Mechon Mamre

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