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Adaiah

  1. Josiah’s grandfather on his mother's side. Josiah’s mother, Jedidah, was Adaiah’s daughter (2 Kings 22:1).

  2. Ethan’s son, a Levite of the Gershon clan and an ancestor of Asaph the psalmist (1 Chronicles 6:41). He is sometimes identified with the Iddo of 1 Chronicles 6:21.

    See Iddo #2.

  3. Shimei’s son, a minor member of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:21).

  4. Jeroham’s son, a priest who returned to Jerusalem after the exile in Babylon (1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12).

  5. Maaseiah’s father. Maaseiah was a captain under Jehoiada the priest (2 Chronicles 23:1).

  6. Bani’s son, who obeyed Ezra’s advice to divorce his non-Jewish wife after the exile in Babylon (Ezra 10:29).

  7. The son of a different Bani, who also obeyed Ezra's advice to divorce his non-Jewish wife (Ezra 10:39).

  8. Joiarib’s son. He was descended from Perez and was an ancestor of Maaseiah (Nehemiah 11:5).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subjectSmith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)The entry on this subject

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