ADAIAH

Adaiah. the witness of the Lord

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ADAIAH. 1. Grandfather of Josiah 2Ki 22:1 2. A musician 1Ch 6:41 3. A priest 1Ch 9:12; Ne 11:12 4. A Benjamite 1Ch 8:21 5. Father of Maaseiah 2Ch 23:1 6. Two sons of Bani Ezr 10:29,39 7. Son of Joiarib Ne 11:5

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(adorned by Jehovah). 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)