Difference between revisions of "Adaiah"

<p> (Heb. Adayah', עֲדָיָה '', Adorned'' by ''Jehovah,'' once in the prolonged form Adaya'hu, עֲדָיָהוּ. &nbsp;2 Chronicles 23:1), the name of several men. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. Ἀδαϊ v α v. r. Ἀδαϊ v ) The son of [[Ethni]] and father of Zerah. of the [[Levitical]] family of Gershom, in the ancestry of Asaph (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:40); apparently the same with IDDO (See Iddo) , the son of [[Joah]] (ver. 21). B.C. cir. 1530. (See [[Asaph]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. Ἀδαϊ v α v. r. Ἀλαϊ v α .'')'' A son of Shimhi, and chief [[Benjamite]] resident at [[Jerusalem]] before the captivity (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:21), B.C. long post 1612. </p> <p> '''3.''' (Sept. Ἀδαϊ v α, v. r. Ἀδαϊ v .) The father of Maaseiah, which latter was a </p> <p> "captain of hundred" during the protectorate of [[Jehoiada]] (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 23:1). B.C. ante 877. He is apparently the same as JUDA (See [[Juda]]) the son of [[Joseph]] and father of Simeon, among Christ's maternal ancestry (&nbsp;Luke 3:30). (See [[Genealogy]]). </p> <p> '''4.''' (Sept. Ε᾿δεϊά v. r. Ι᾿εδία .) The father of Jedidah and maternal grandfather of King Josiah, a native of Boscath (&nbsp;2 Kings 22:1). B.C. ante 648. </p> <p> '''5.''' (Sept. Ἀδαϊ v α v. r. Ἀχαϊ v α .'')'' A son of [[Joiarib]] and father of Hazaiah, of the tribe of Judah (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:5). B.C. considerably ante 536. </p> <p> '''6.''' A priest, son of Jeroham, who held a prominent post in defending the second temple while building (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:12, Sept. Σαδία v. r. Ἀδαϊ v α; &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:12, Ἀδαϊ v α )'','' B.C. 518. </p> <p> '''7.''' (Sept. Ἀδαϊ v α .) A "son" of Bani, an [[Israelite]] who divorced his [[Gentile]] wife after the captivity (&nbsp;Ezra 10:29), B.C. 459. </p> <p> '''8.''' (Sept. Ἀδαϊ v ας v. r. Ἀδαϊ v α .'')'' Another of the "sons" of Bani, who did likewise (&nbsp;Ezra 10:39), B.C. 459. </p>

<p> '''''a''''' -'''''dā´ya''''' , '''''a''''' -'''''dı̄´a''''' ( עדיה , <i> '''''‛ădhāyāh''''' </i> , "Yahweh hath adorned"): </p> <p> (1) Apparently the seventh of the nine sons of Shimei, who is apparently the same with Shema, who is the fifth of the sons of Elpaal, who is the second of the two sons of [[Shaharaim]] and [[Hushim]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:21 ). Shaharaim and his descendants are listed with the descendants of Benjamin, though his relations to [[Benjamin]] are not stated. </p> <p> (2) A L evite; ancestor to David's singer Asaph, and a descendant of the fifth generation from [[Gershom]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:41 ). </p> <p> (3) The father of Maaseiah, who was one of the captains of hundreds associated with Jehoiada the priest in making [[Joash]] king (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 23:1 ). </p> <p> (4) A resident of Bozkath, and father of Jedidah the mother of King [[Josiah]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 22:1 ). </p> <p> (5) A descendant of Judah through Perez. His great-great-grandson Maaseiah resided in Jerusalem after Nehemiah had rehabilitated the city (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:5 ). </p> <p> (6) One of the men of Israel, not a priest or Levite, but "of the sons of Bani," who promised Ezra that he would part with his foreign wife (&nbsp;Ezra 10:29 ). </p> <p> (7) The same man or another, in a different group of the sons of [[Bani]] (&nbsp;Ezra 10:39 ). </p> <p> (8) One of the priests of the latest Bible times, mentioned with a partial genealogy (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:12; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:12 ). </p>