Iddo

A seer and prophet during the divided monarchy

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

  • 1100 BC
    900 BC
  • Iddo
    975 BC to 958 BC

Original word

  • עִדּוֹ iddo
    H5714
Citations
“Iddo.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
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Where Iddo appears in Scripture

1 Kings 4

אֲחִֽינָדָב בֶּן-עִדֹּא מַֽחֲנָֽיְמָה׃
14
Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

1 Chronicles 6

יוֹאָח בְּנוֹ עִדּוֹ בְנוֹ זֶרַח בְּנוֹ יְאָתְרַי בְּנֽוֹ׃
21
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

2 Chronicles 12

וְדִבְרֵי רְחַבְעָם הָרִֽאשֹׁנִים וְהָאֲחַרוֹנִים הֲלֹא-הֵם כְּתוּבִים בְּדִבְרֵי שְׁמַעְיָה הַנָּבִיא וְעִדּוֹ הַֽחֹזֶה לְהִתְיַחֵשׂ וּמִלְחֲמוֹת רְחַבְעָם וְיָֽרָבְעָם כָּל-הַיָּמִֽים׃
15
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

2 Chronicles 13

וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי אֲבִיָּה וּדְרָכָיו וּדְבָרָיו כְּתוּבִים בְּמִדְרַשׁ הַנָּבִיא עִדּֽוֹ׃
22
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

Ezra 5

וְהִתְנַבִּי חַגַּי ‫(נביאה)‬ נְבִיָּא וּזְכַרְיָה בַר-עִדּוֹא ‫(נביאיא)‬ נְבִיַּיָּא עַל-יְהוּדָיֵא דִּי בִיהוּד וּבִירֽוּשְׁלֶם בְּשֻׁם אֱלָהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲלֵיהֽוֹן׃
1
Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

Ezra 6

וְשָׂבֵי יְהֽוּדָיֵא בָּנַיִן וּמַצְלְחִין בִּנְבוּאַת חַגַּי ‫(נביאה)‬ נְבִיָּא וּזְכַרְיָה בַּר-עִדּוֹא וּבְנוֹ וְשַׁכְלִלוּ מִן-טַעַם אֱלָהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמִטְּעֵם כּוֹרֶשׁ וְדָֽרְיָוֶשׁ וְאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא מֶלֶךְ פָּרָֽס׃
14
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

Nehemiah 12

עִדּוֹא גִנְּתוֹי אֲבִיָּֽה׃
4
Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
‫(לעדיא)‬ לְעִדּוֹא זְכַרְיָה לְגִנְּתוֹן מְשֻׁלָּֽם׃
16
Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

Zechariah 1

בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִי בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר-יְהוָה אֶל-זְכַרְיָה בֶּן-בֶּרֶכְיָה בֶּן-עִדּוֹ הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹֽר׃
1
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
בְּיוֹם עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה לְעַשְׁתֵּֽי-עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הוּא-חֹדֶשׁ שְׁבָט בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר-יְהוָה אֶל-זְכַרְיָה בֶּן-בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ בֶּן-עִדּוֹא הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹֽר׃
7
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,