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Iddo

Disambiguation

The source enumerates 5 distinct subjects under Iddo. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.Timely (1 Chr.
  2. 2.Lovely.
  3. 3.Timely.
  4. 4.Lovely.
  5. 5.Lovely.

  1. Iddo (1)

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    Timely (1 Chr. 6:21). A Gershonite Levite.

  2. Iddo (2)

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    Lovely. The son of Zechariah (1 Chr. 27:21), the ruler of Manasseh in David’s time.

  3. Iddo (3)

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    Timely. The father of Ahinadab, who was one of Solomon’s purveyors (1 Kings 4:14).

  4. Iddo (4)

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    Lovely. A prophet of Judah who wrote the history of Rehoboam and Abijah (2 Chr. 12:15). He has been identified with Oded (2 Chr. 15:1).

  5. Iddo (5)

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    Lovely. The father of Berachiah, and grandfather of the prophet Zechariah (Zech. 1:1, 7). He returned from Babylon (Neh. 12:4).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(timely or lovely).

The father of Abinadab. (1 Kings 4:14) A descendant of Gershom, son of Levi. (1 Chronicles 6:21) Son of Zechariah, ruler of the tribe of Manasseh east of Jordan in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 27:21) (B.C. 1014.) A seer whose “visions” against Jeroboam incidentally contained some of the acts of Solomon. (2 Chronicles 9:29) He appears to have written a chronicle or story relating to the life and reign of Abijah. (2 Chronicles 13:22) (B.C. 961.) The grandfather of the prophet Zechariah. (Zechariah 1:1,7) The chief of those who assembled at Casiphia at the time of the second caravan from Babylon. He was one of the Nethinim. (Ezra 8:17) comp. Ezra 8:20 (B.C. 536.)

In the Bible

13

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

  • 1 Chronicles 6:21

    Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:21

    over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead was Iddo son of Zechariah; over Benjamin was Jaasiel son of Abner;

  • 1 Kings 4:14

    Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;

  • 2 Chronicles 9:29

    As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

  • 2 Chronicles 12:15

    Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:22

    Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.

+7 more verses naming Iddo.

Scripture on Iddo

12

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Entries that reference Iddo

5

Iddo references

22

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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