Jedaiah
Jedaiah was a priest of ancient
Israel after the order of
Aaron, during the reign of
King David in the
10th century BCE. Jedaiah lead the second of the 24
priestly divisions. The biblical passage of
1 Chronicles 24 documents the division of the priests during the reign of King David. These priests were all descendants of Aaron, who had four sons:
Nadab,
Abihu,
Eleazar and
Ithamar. However, Nadab and Abihu died before Aaron and only Eleazar and Ithamar had sons. One priest,
Zadok, from Eleazar's descendants and another priest,
Ahimelech, from Ithamar's descendants were designated to help create the various priestly orders. Sixteen of Eleazar's descendants were selected to head priestly orders while only eight of Ithamar's descendants were so chosen. The passage states that this was done because of the greater number of leaders among Eleazar's descendants. Lots were drawn to designate the order of ministering for the heads of the priestly orders when they entered the
temple. Since each order was responsible for ministering during a different week, Jedaiah's order was stationed as a watch at the
Tabernacle during the second week of the year on the
Hebrew calendar.
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Jedaiah
the hand of the Lord; confessing the Lord
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
About
Jedaiah
→ A Simeonite, forefather of Ziza. (1 Chronicles 4:37)
→ Son of Harumaph; a man who did his part in the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:10) (B.C. 446.) (praise Jehovah).
→ Head of the second course of priests, as they were divided in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 24:7) (B.C. 1014.) some of them survived to return to Jerusalem after the Babylonish captivity, as appears from (Ezra 2:36; Nehemiah 7:39)
→ A priest in the time of Jeshua the high priest. (Zechariah 6:10,14) (B.C. 536.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
About
Jedaiah
(1.) Invoker of Jehovah. The son of Shimri, a chief Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (2.) One of those who repaired the walls of Jerusalem after the return from Babylon (Neh. 3:10). (3.) Knowing Jehovah. The chief of one of the courses of the priests (1 Chr. 24:7). (4.) A priest in Jerusalem after the Exile (1 Chr. 9:10).