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adaiah in Smith's Bible Dictionary

(adorned by Jehovah). 1. Maternal grandfather of King Josiah, and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah. #2Ki 22:1| (B.C. 648.) 2. A Levite of the Gershonite branch, and ancestor of Asaph. #1Ch 6:41| In v. #1Ch 6:21| Heb Isa called IDDO. 3. A Benjamite, son of Shimhi, #1Ch 8:21| who is apparently the same as Shema in v. #1Ch 8:13| 4. A priest, son of Jehoram. #1Ch 9:12; Ne 11:12| 5. Ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada. #2Ch 23:1| 6. One of the descendants of Bani, who had married a foreign wife after the return from Babylon. #Ezr 10:29| (B.C. 459). 7. The descendant of another Bani, who had also taken a foreign wife. #Ezr 10:39| 8. A man of Judah, of the line of Pharez. #Ne 11:5|

adaiah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary

ADAI'AH (whom Jehovah adorns). 1. The maternal grandfather of King Josiah. 2 Kgs 22:1. 1. A Levite. 1 Chr 6:41. 2. A Benjamite. 1 Chr 8:21. 3. A priest. 1 Chr 9:12. 4. A descendant of Bani who had taken a foreign wife.Ezr 10:29. 5. Another descendant guilty of the same offence. Ezr 10:39. 6. A man of Judah. Neh 11:5. 7. An ancestor of Maaseiah, a captain who supported Jehoiada. 2 Chr 23:1.

adaiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 2 Kings 22:1.

2. 1 Chronicles 6:41.

3. 1 Chronicles 8:21.

4. 1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12.

5. Ezra 10:29.

6. Ezra 10:39; Nehemiah 11:5. Adalia.