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Adna

  1. A descendant of Pahath-moab who obeyed Ezra’s command to divorce his pagan wife after the exile in Babylon (Ezra 10:30).

  2. A priest who served under the high priest Joiakim. He returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 12:15).

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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