Adaiah () was the name of eight individuals mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
. '' Yahweh
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passes by."
#Adaiah, the father of Queen
Jedidah. He was of
Boscath, a town in the
Kingdom of Judah
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mentioned in the
Hebrew Scriptures. His grandson was king
Josiah
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of
Israel
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.
#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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