Pedaya
Sign in to savePedaya () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Mazkeret Batya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .
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Pedaya () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Mazkeret Batya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .
==History== Pedaya was founded in 1951 for immigrants from Iraq and was named for a figure from the Bible mentioned in 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.
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