International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Kadmiel

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Kadmiel


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kad´mi-el (קרמיאל, ḳadhmı̄'ēl, “before God,” “priest”(?); “Cadmiel” in parallel lists in 1 Esdras 5:26, 58 the King James Version; omitted in Septuagint Codex Vaticanus; Codex Alexandrinus reads kaı̄ Kadmiḗlon): A Levite (; ), founder of a family whose descendants returned from captivity with Zerubbabel (; ; , ). He is named among those who praise God for the return (, ; ); was of those who “set forward” the work of the Lord's house (; 1 Esdras 5:26, 58), and is again mentioned with those who “seal” the new Return Covenant ( ff) after the re-establishment of worship (, ).