Adaiah (/əˈdjə/)[1] was the name of eight individuals mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The name means "Yahweh passes by."[2]

  1. Adaiah, the father of Queen Jedidah.[3] He was of Boscath, a town in the Kingdom of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures. His grandson was king Josiah of Israel.[4][5][6]
  2. An Adaiah mentioned in passing as the ancestor of a Levite named Asaph, in 1 Chronicles 6:41 (counted as 6:26 in some Bibles).
  3. An Adaiah mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8:21 as being the son of a Shimei in a Benjamite genealogy.
  4. A priest listed in 1 Chronicles 9:12 and Nehemiah 11:12. According to Cheyne and Black, it is possible that this same priest should appear in Nehemiah 12:6 or 7, but has been removed by a scribal error that left the name "Jedaiah" in its place.[2]
  5. A descendant of Bani, listed in Ezra 10:29.
  6. Another descendant of Bani, listed in Ezra 10:39.
  7. An Adaiah, son of Joiarib, listed in Nehemiah 11:5.
  8. An Adaiah mentioned as being the father of Maaseiah in 2 Chronicles 23:1.

References

  1. Powell, Mark Allan, ed. (2009). "Adaiah". HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (abridged ed.). Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.
  2. 1 2 Thomas Kelly Cheyne and John Sutherland Black (1899). "Adaiah". Encyclopaedia Biblica.
  3. 2 Kings 22:1
  4. William Smith. "Smith's Bible Dictionary" (PDF). Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  5. "Adaiah". christiananswers.net. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  6. "Meaning and etymology of the name Adaiah". Abiram Publications. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
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