jedaiah Summary and Overview

(1.) Invoker of Jehovah. The son of Shimri, a chief Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (2.) One of those who repaired the walls of Jerusalem after the return from Babylon (Neh. 3:10). (3.) Knowing Jehovah. The chief of one of the courses of the priests (1 Chr. 24:7). (4.) A priest in Jerusalem after the Exile (1 Chr. 9:10).

JEDA'IAH (praise Jehovah). A. 1. A Simeonite, ancestor of Ziza, a chief of his tribe. 1 Chr 4:37. 2. One who helped repair the wall. Neh 3:10. B. The same name in the A.V., but different in the Hebrew, meaning Jehovah cares for him. 1. The head of the second course of priests, 1 Chr 24:7. "Most probably this course or the representative of it, divided afterward into two branches, is intended in 1 Chr 9:10; Ezr 2:36; Neh 7:39; Neh 11:10; Neh 12:6-7, Neh 12:19, Neh 12:21." --Ayre. 2. One who returned from Babylon, to whom a memorial crown was given. Zech 6:10, Zech 6:14.

Head of the second course of priests, under David (1 Chronicles 24:7). Some "children of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973," returned from Babylon (Ezra 2:36; Nehemiah 7:39). These are thus distinguished from a second priestly "house" named "Jedaiah" (Nehemiah 12:6,7,19,21). Jehoiarib and Jedaiah represent two classes of the priesthood (1 Chronicles 9:10). It is a corrupt reading in Nehemiah 11:10 which makes Jedaiah son of Joiarib. Though Joiarib's was the first course, Jedaiah's, as having for their head Jeshua (he being high-priest under Zerubbabel), is named first.