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Hodaviah

1. Postexilic descendant of David (1 Chr 3:24).

2. Chieftain of Manasseh’s half-tribe east of the Jordan (1 Chr 5:24).

3. Hassenuah’s son and the father of Meshullam from Benjamin’s tribe (1 Chr 9:7).

4. Progenitor of a family of Levites who returned with the exiles from Babylon (Ezr 2:40); alternately called Judah in Ezra 3:9 and Hodevah in Nehemiah 7:43.

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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