Zebadiah

Zebadi'ah (Heb. Zebaayah', זבִדיָה [thrice in the prolonged form Zebadya'hu, זַבִדיָהיּ 1Ch 26:2; 2Ch 17:8; 2Ch 19:11], gift of Jehovah; Sept. Ζαβαδία or Ζαβαδίας v r Ζαβδίας or Ζαβδία etc.), the name of several Israelites. SEE ZABIEL.

1. A Benjamite of the "sons" of Beriah (1Ch 8:15). B.C. cir. 1618.

2. A Benjamite of the "sons" of Elpaal (1Ch 8:17). B.C. cir. 1618.

⇒Bible concordance for ZEBADIAH.

3. One of the two sons of Jeroham of Gedor, a Benjamite who joined the fortunes of David in his retreat at Ziklag (1Ch 12:7). B.C. 1054.

4. A Levite, third son of Meshelemiah the Korhite (1Ch 26:2). B.C. 1043.

5. Son of Asahel (Joab's brother), and commander with his father of the fourth contingent of David's troops (1Ch 27:7). B.C. 1014.

6. One of the two Levites who were sent with others in the third year of Jehoshaphat to teach the law in the cities of Judah (2Ch 17:8). B.C. 910.

7. The son of Ishmael and prince of the house of Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat, who, in conjunction with Amariah the chief priest, was appointed to the superintendence of the Levites, priests and chief men who had to decide all causes, civil and ecclesiastical, which were brought before them (2Ch 19:11). B.C. 895. They possibly may have formed a kind of court of appeal, Zebadiah acting for the interests of the king, and Amariah being the supreme authority in ecclesiastical matters.

8. Son of Michael of the "sons" of Shephatiah, who returned with Ezra from Babylon with eighty male relatives (Ezr 8:8). B.C. 459.

9. A priest of the "sons" of Immer, who divorced his Gentile wife married after the Exile (Ezr 10:20). B.C. 458.