Adaiah
עֲדָיָה/ad-ay-YAH/
“Adorned by Yahweh”
Summary
A name borne by at least eight men in Scripture, including King Josiah's maternal grandfather and a prominent priest in postexilic Jerusalem.
☩Grandfather of Josiah
The most prominent Adaiah was the father of Jedidah and maternal grandfather of the righteous King Josiah. He was a native of Bozkath in the lowlands of Judah.
Key verses:2 Kings 22:1
☩Other References
Seven other men bore this name: a Levite of the Gershonite line and ancestor of the singer Asaph; a Benjamite son of Shimhi; the father of Captain Maaseiah who helped Jehoiada install Joash as king; a priest who served in the rebuilt temple and whose genealogy is given in both Chronicles and Nehemiah; a son of Joiarib from the tribe of Judah; and two descendants of Bani who divorced their foreign wives at Ezra's command.
Key verses:1 Chronicles 6:411 Chronicles 8:212 Chronicles 23:11 Chronicles 9:12Nehemiah 11:5Ezra 10:29Ezra 10:39
Related Verses9 mentions
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Adaiah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Adaiah," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).