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zeb-a-dı̄´a ((1) זבדיהוּ, zebhadhyaÌ„haÌ„, (2) זבדיה, zebhadhyaÌ„h, “Yah has bestowedâ€; the form (1) is the Hebrew name in (1), (a), (b), (2), below; the form (2) in the rest. Some manuscripts have Zechariah in (1), (a), (b), (3)). Compare ZABDI; ZABDIEL:
(1) Levites: (a) a Korahite doorkeeper of David's reign (); (b) one of the Levites sent by King Jehoshaphat to teach the Tōrāh in Judah ().
(2) Son of Ishmael (); “ruler of the house of Judah in all the king's (Jehoshaphat's) matters,†i.e. judge in civil cases, the “controversies†of .
(3) Benjamites, perhaps descended from Ehud (see Curtis, Chron., 158 ff): (a) In ; (b) in , where the name may be a dittography from .
(4) A Benjamite recruit of David at Ziklag ( (Hebrew verse 8)).
(5) One of David's army officers, son and successor of Asahel ().
(6) One of those who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Ezra () = “Zaraias†of 1 Esdras 8:34.
(7) One of those who had married foreign wives () = “Zabdeus†of 1 Esdras 9:21.