Adaiah () was the name of eight individuals mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
. The name means "
Yahweh
Yahweh *''Yahwe'', was the national god of ancient Israel and Judah. The origins of his worship reach at least to the early Iron Age, and likely to the Late Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately fr ...
passes by."
#Adaiah, the father of Queen
Jedidah. He was of
Boscath, a town in the
Kingdom of Judah
The Kingdom of Judah ( he, , ''Yəhūdā''; akk, 𒅀𒌑𒁕𒀀𒀀 ''Ya'údâ'' 'ia-ú-da-a-a'' arc, 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤃𐤅𐤃 ''Bēyt Dāwīḏ'', " House of David") was an Israelite kingdom of the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. ...
mentioned in the
Hebrew Scriptures. His grandson was king
Josiah
Josiah ( or ) or Yoshiyahu; la, Iosias was the 16th king of Judah (–609 BCE) who, according to the Hebrew Bible, instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh. Josiah is credited by most biblical ...
of
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
#An Adaiah mentioned in passing as the ancestor of a Levite named
Asaph, in (counted as 6:26 in some Bibles).
#An Adaiah mentioned in as being the son of a
Shimei in a Benjamite genealogy.
#A priest listed in and . According to Cheyne and Black, it is possible that this same priest should appear in or 7, but has been removed by a scribal error that left the name "
Jedaiah" in its place.
#A descendant of
Bani, listed in .
#Another descendant of Bani, listed in .
#An Adaiah, son of
Joiarib, listed in .
#An Adaiah mentioned as being the father of
Maaseiah in .
References
Set index articles on Hebrew Bible people
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