Tob Adonijah (ISBE)

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tob - ad - ṓ - nı̄´ja , tōb - ( טוב אדוניּה , ṭōbh 'ădhōnı̄yah , "good is the Lord"; Codex Vaticanus Τωβαδωβειά , Tōbadōbeiá ; Codex Alexandrinus and Lucian Τωβαδωνιά , Tōbadōniá ): One of the Levites sent by King Jehoshaphat to teach in the cities of Judah ( 2 Chronicles 17:8 ). The name looks like a dittography arising from the two previous names, Adonijah and Tobijah.