Adaiah
Josiah’s grandfather on his mother's side. Josiah’s mother, Jedidah, was Adaiah’s daughter (2 Kings 22:1).
Ethan’s son, a Levite of the Gershon clan and an ancestor of Asaph the psalmist (1 Chronicles 6:41). He is sometimes identified with the Iddo of 1 Chronicles 6:21.
See Iddo #2.
Shimei’s son, a minor member of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:21).
Jeroham’s son, a priest who returned to Jerusalem after the exile in Babylon (1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12).
Maaseiah’s father. Maaseiah was a captain under Jehoiada the priest (2 Chronicles 23:1).
Bani’s son, who obeyed Ezra’s advice to divorce his non-Jewish wife after the exile in Babylon (Ezra 10:29).
The son of a different Bani, who also obeyed Ezra's advice to divorce his non-Jewish wife (Ezra 10:39).
Joiarib’s son. He was descended from Perez and was an ancestor of Maaseiah (Nehemiah 11:5).
People and places
Adaiah: Priest, descendant of Malchijah, during the post-exilic period Iddo: A Levite in the genealogy of temple singers Adaiah: Father of Jedidah who was mother of King Josiah of Judah Adaiah: A descendant of Benjamin Adaiah: A priest who married a foreign wife Adaiah: An ancestor of Maaseiah, a resident of Jerusalem Adaiah: A leader who married a foreign wife Adaiah: Father of Maaseiah, during the reign of Joash