1. A member of the Merari clan of Levites. Abdi's grandson Ethan was a musician during King David’s time (1 Chronicles 6:44; 15:17).

2. A Levite whose son Kish served during King Hezekiah’s time (2 Chronicles 29:12). This Abdi has sometimes been confused with Abdi #1.

3. A member of the Elam clan in Ezra’s time. He married a non-Israelite woman after the exile in Babylon (Ezra 10:26).

People and places

Abdi: A Levite, ancestor of Ethan the musician Abdi: A Levite during Hezekiah's reign Abdi: An Israelite who married a foreign wife