Adaiah

A priest who married a foreign wife

A written article for Adaiah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Adaiah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 600 BC
    400 BC
  • Adaiah
    c. 450 BC

Original word

  • עֲדָיָה adaiah
    H5718
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Where Adaiah appears in Scripture

2 Kings 22

בֶּן-שְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנָה יֹֽאשִׁיָּהוּ בְמָלְכוֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים וְאַחַת שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ יְדִידָה בַת-עֲדָיָה מִבָּֽצְקַֽת׃
1
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

1 Chronicles 6

בֶּן-אֶתְנִי בֶן-זֶרַח בֶּן-עֲדָיָֽה׃
41
The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

1 Chronicles 8

וַֽעֲדָיָה וּבְרָאיָה וְשִׁמְרָת בְּנֵי שִׁמְעִֽי׃
21
And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

1 Chronicles 9

וַֽעֲדָיָה בֶּן-יְרֹחָם בֶּן-פַּשְׁחוּר בֶּן-מַלְכִּיָּה וּמַעְשַׂי בֶּן-עֲדִיאֵל בֶּן-יַחְזֵרָה בֶּן-מְשֻׁלָּם בֶּן-מְשִׁלֵּמִית בֶּן-אִמֵּֽר׃
12
And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

2 Chronicles 23

וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִעִית הִתְחַזַּק יְהֽוֹיָדָע וַיִּקַּח אֶת-שָׂרֵי הַמֵּאוֹת לַֽעֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶן-יְרֹחָם וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן-יְהֽוֹחָנָן וְלַֽעֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶן-עוֹבֵד וְאֶת-מַֽעֲשֵׂיָהוּ בֶן-עֲדָיָהוּ וְאֶת-אֱלִֽישָׁפָט בֶּן-זִכְרִי עִמּוֹ בַבְּרִֽית׃
1
And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

Ezra 10

וּמִבְּנֵי בָּנִי מְשֻׁלָּם מַלּוּךְ וַֽעֲדָיָה יָשׁוּב וּשְׁאָל ‫(ירמות)‬ וְרָמֽוֹת׃
29
And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
וְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָה וְנָתָן וַֽעֲדָיָֽה׃
39
And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

Nehemiah 11

וּמַֽעֲשֵׂיָה בֶן-בָּרוּךְ בֶּן-כָּל-חֹזֶה בֶּן-חֲזָיָה בֶן-עֲדָיָה בֶן-יֽוֹיָרִיב בֶּן-זְכַרְיָה בֶּן-הַשִּֽׁלֹנִֽי׃
5
And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.
וַֽאֲחֵיהֶם עֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה לַבַּיִת שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנָיִם וַֽעֲדָיָה בֶּן-יְרֹחָם בֶּן-פְּלַלְיָה בֶּן-אַמְצִי בֶן-זְכַרְיָה בֶּן-פַּשְׁחוּר בֶּן-מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃
12
And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,