Jadon is a

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meaning "

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has heard," "thankful" (according to

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), "a judge," or "whom God has judged" and the name of two characters in

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history.

Jadon the Meronothite

Jadon the

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was one of the builders of the wall of

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in the

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in the

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, Jadon was the name of a minor prophet referred to in his

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VIII,8,5 who is thought to have been ''the man of God'' mentioned in . In the Lives of the Prophets, he is called ''Joad''. Rabbinic tradition identifies him with Iddo.

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Jadon the Meronothite

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