Jedaiah (ISBE)
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jē̇ - dā´ya , jē̇ - dı̄´a : (1) ( ידעיה , yedha‛yāh , "Yah knows"): ( a ) A priest in Jerusalem ( 1 Chronicles 9:10; 1 Chronicles 24:7 ). ( b ) Ezra 2:36 = Nehemiah 7:39 , where "children of Jedaiah" are mentioned = "Jeddu" in 1 Esdras 5:24. ( 100 ) Jedaiah is among "the priests and the Levites" that returned with Zerubbabel ( Nehemiah 11:10; Nehemiah 12:6 , Nehemiah 12:19 ). ( d ) Another priest of the same name ( Nehemiah 12:7 , Nehemiah 12:21 ). ( e ) One of the exiles whom Zechariah was commanded to send with silver and gold to Jerusalem. Septuagint does not take the word as a proper name ( Zechariah 6:10 , Zechariah 6:14 ) (2) ( ידיה , yedhāyāh , "Yah throws" (?)): ( a ) Father of a Simeonite prince ( 1 Chronicles 4:37 ). ( b ) One of the repairers of the wall of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:10 ).
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