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Adaiah

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Maternal grandfather of King Josiah, and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah. (2 Kings 22:1) (B.C. 648.) A Levite of the Gershonite branch, and ancestor of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 6:41) In v. (1 Chronicles 6:21) Heb Isa called Iddo. A Benjamite, son of Shimhi, (1 Chronicles 8:21) who is apparently the same as Shema in v. (1 Chronicles 8:13) A priest, son of Jehoram. (1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12) Ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada. (2 Chronicles 23:1) One of the descendants of Bani, who had married a foreign wife after the return from Babylon. (Ezra 10:29) (B.C. 459). The descendant of another Bani, who had also taken a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:39) A man of Judah, of the line of Pharez. (Nehemiah 11:5)

In the Bible

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Verses where Adaiah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 6:41

    the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

  • 1 Chronicles 8:21

    Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:12

    Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

  • 2 Chronicles 23:1

    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

  • 2 Kings 22:1

    Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.

  • Ezra 10:29

    From the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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