Difference between revisions of "Addon"

<p> (Heb. Addon’, אִדּוֹן, ''Low'' or ''Lord,'' or perhaps i. q. ''Iddo;'' Sept. ᾿Ηρών )'','' the second of three persons mentioned in &nbsp;Nehemiah 7:61, who, on returning from the captivity to Palestine, were unable to "show their father’ s house or their seed, whether they were of Israel," B.C. 536. This probably means that they were unable to furnish such undeniable legal proof as was required in such cases. And this is in some degree explained by the subsequent (&nbsp;Nehemiah 7:63) mention of priests who were expelled the priesthood because their descent was not found to be genealogically registered. These instances show the importance which was attached to their genealogies by the Jews. (See [[Genealogy]]). </p> <p> In &nbsp;Ezra 2:59, he is called ADDAN (See Addan) , but in &nbsp;1 [[Esdras]] 5:36, his name is contained in CHARA-ATHALAR (See Chara-Athalar) . According to others, this is the name of a place in the land of the captivity, like Tel-melah and Tel-haresha preceding; but the names [[Cherub]] and [[Immer]] immediately adjoining appear to be those of men, and the Masoretic punctuation rather favors the distinction of these three names as residents of the two places just named. </p>