Jedaiah

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(1.) Invoker of YHWH. The son of Shimri, a chief Simeonite (1Ch_4:37).

(2.) One of those who repaired the walls of Jerusalem after the return from Babylon (Neh_3:10).

(3.) Knowing YHWH. The chief of one of the courses of the priests (1Ch_24:7).

(4.) A priest in Jerusalem after the Exile (1Ch_9:10).

jē̇-dā´ya, jē̇-dī´a:

(1) (ידעיה, yedha‛yāh, “Yah knows”):

(a) A priest in Jerusalem (1Ch_9:10; 1Ch_24:7).

(b) Ezr_2:36 = Neh_7:39, where “children of Jedaiah” are mentioned = “Jeddu” in 1 Esdras 5:24.

(c) Jedaiah is among “the priests and the Levites” that returned with Zerubbabel (Neh_11:10; Neh_12:6, Neh_12:19).

(d) Another priest of the same name (Neh_12:7, Neh_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 (Zec_6:10, Zec_6:14)

(2) (ידיה, yedhāyāh, “Yah throws” (?)):

(a) Father of a Simeonite prince (1Ch_4:37).

(b) One of the repairers of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh_3:10).