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Zebadiah

Holman Bible Dictionary

(zehb uh di' uh) Personal name meaning, “Yahweh has given.” 1. Son of Beriah (1 Chronicles 8:15 ). 2 . Son of Elpaal (1 Chronicles 8:17 ). 3 . Son of Jehoram of Gedor (1 Chronicles 12:7 ). 4 . A gatekeeper (1 Chronicles 26:2 ). 5 . Fourth captain in David's army (1 Chronicles 27:7 ). 6 . One of nine Levites sent by Jehoshapaht to teach the law in the towns of Judah (2 Chronicles 17:8 ). 7 . Son of Ishmael who ruled civil cases in a court system Jehoshapaht set up (2 Chronicles 19:11 ). 8 . Son of Shephatiah who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon (Ezra 8:8 ). 9 . Priest who put away his foreign wife in Ezra's time (Ezra 10:20 ).