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Zebadiah
ZEBADIAH (zĕb'a-dī'a, Heb. zevadhyāhû, Jehovah has bestowed)
ZEBADIAH zĕb’ ə dī ə (זְבַדְיָ֨הוּ, or זְבַדְיָ֥ה, meaning Yah(weh) has bestowed. Both forms appear several times in the OT). 1. A Levite of the family of Korah (
2. A Levite, one of nine sent by King Jehoshaphat to teach the law in the cities of Judah (
3. A “governor of the house of Judah, in all the king’s affairs” (
4. A Benjaminite descended from Beriah (
5. A Benjaminite descended from Elpael (
6. One of two sons of Jeroham of Gedor of the tribe of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag (q.v.) (
7. One of David’s army officers, son of Asahel and brother of Joab who had charge of one of the twelve units of his army, each responsible for a month’s military duty (
8. One of those who returned from the Exile in Babylon (q.v.) to Jerusalem with Ezra (
9. One of those who married foreign wives in the days of Ezra, listed among the priests (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
zeb-a-di’-a
(1) zebhadhyaha,
(2) zebhadhyah, "Yah has bestowed";
form (1) is the Hebrew name in (1), (a), (b), (2), below; the form (2) in the rest. Some manuscripts have Zechariah in (1), (a), (b), (3)).
Compare ZABDI; ZABDIEL:
(1) Levites:
(a) a Korahite doorkeeper of David’s reign (
(b) one of the Levites sent by King Jehoshaphat to teach the Torah in Judah (
(2) Son of Ishmael (
(3) Benjamites, perhaps descended from Ehud (see Curtis, Chron., 158 ff):
(a) In
(b) in 8:17, where the name may be a dittography from 8:15.
(4) A Benjamite recruit of David at Ziklag (
(5) One of David’s army officers, son and successor of Asahel (
(6) One of those who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Ezra (
(7) One of those who had married foreign wives (