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(Heb. Adayah', òֲãָéָä , adorned by Jehovah, once in the prolonged form Adaya'hu, òֲãָéָäåּ . 2Ch_23:1), the name of several men.
1. (Sept. Á᾿äáú v á v. r. Á᾿äáú v) The son of Ethni and father of Zerah. of the Levitical family of Gershom, in the ancestry of Asaph (1Ch_6:40); apparently the same with IDDO SEE IDDO , the son of Joah (ver. 21). B.C. cir. 1530. SEE ASAPH.
2. (Sept. Á᾿äáú v á v. r. Á᾿ëáú v á .) A son of Shimhi, and chief Benjamite resident at Jerusalem before the captivity (1Ch_8:21), B.C. long post 1612.
3. (Sept. Á᾿äáú v á , v. r. Á᾿äáú v.) The father of Maaseiah, which latter was a
“captain of hundred” during the protectorate of Jehoiada (2Ch_23:1). B.C. ante 877. He is apparently the same as JUDA SEE JUDA the son of Joseph and father of Simeon, among Christ's maternal ancestry (Luk_3:30). SEE GENEALOGY.
4. (Sept. Å᾿äåúÜ v. r. É᾿åäßá .) The father of Jedidah and maternal grandfather of King Josiah, a native of Boscath (2Ki_22:1). B.C. ante 648.
5. (Sept. Á᾿äáú v á v. r. Á᾿÷áú v á .) A son of Joiarib and father of Hazaiah, of the tribe of Judah (Neh_11:5). B.C. considerably ante 536.
6. A priest, son of Jeroham, who held a prominent post in defending the second temple while building (1Ch_9:12, Sept. Óáäßá v. r. Á᾿äáú v á; Neh_11:12, Á᾿äáú v á ), B.C. 518.
7. (Sept. Á᾿äáú v á .) A “son” of Bani, an Israelite who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity (Ezr_10:29), B.C. 459.
8. (Sept. Á᾿äáú v áò v. r. Á᾿äáú v á .) Another of the “sons” of Bani, who did likewise (Ezr_10:39), B.C. 459.