Adaiah

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Adaiah is the name of:

1. A man of Boscath, father of Jedidah, the mother of King Josiah (2Kg 12:1).
2. Two members of the Bani family who had taken foreign wives (Ez 10:29, Ez 10:39).
3. The son of Joiarib of the tribe of Judah, residing in Jerusalem (Neh 11:5).
4. A Levite of the family of Gershon (1Chr 6:26). In the chronological list in 1Chr 11:6 he is called Iddo.
5. Son of Jeroham, a priest holding office in Jerusalem (1Chr 9:12; Neh 11:12).
6. Son of Shimei, mentioned in the genealogical list of Benjamin (1Chr 8:21).
7. Father of Maaseiah, who helped Jehoiada in the religious reformation, in dethroning Athaliah, and in crowning Joash (2Chr 13:1, where the Hebrew has "Adaiahu").