Iddo

From Bible Exegesis

(1.) Timely (1Ch_6:21). A Gershonite Levite.

(2.) Lovely. The son of Zechariah (1Ch_27:21), the ruler of Manasseh in David's time.

(3.) Timely. The father of Ahinadab, who was one of Solomon's purveyors (1Ki_4:14).

(4.) Lovely. A prophet of Judah who wrote the history of Rehoboam and Abijah (2Ch_12:15). He has been identified with Oded (2Ch_15:1).

(5.) Lovely. The father of Berachiah, and grandfather of the prophet Zechariah (Zec_1:1, Zec_1:7). He returned from Babylon (Neh_12:4).

id´ō:

(1) (אדּו, 'iddō (?) ,אדד ̇'ădhadh, “to be strong”), “hap,” “happy” (?), Ezr_8:17):

The “chief at the place Casiphia,” who provided Ezra with Levites and Nethinim, the head of the Levitical body or school, said to be one of the Nethinim or temple slaves, but perhaps an “and” has slipped out, and it should read: “his brethren and the Nethinim.” 1 Esdras 8:45, 46 has “Loddeus (the King James Version “Saddeus”), the captain who was in the place of the treasury,” keṣeph meaning silver. Septuagint has “in the place of the silver (ἐν ἀργυρίῳ τοῦ τόπου, en arguríō toú tópou) ... to his brethren and to the treasurers.”

(2) (ידּו, yiddō, “beloved,” or “loving,” 1Ch_27:21):

Son of Zechariah, and captain of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, under David.

(3) (ידּו, yiddō, “beloved,” or “loving,” Ezr_10:43):

One of those who had taken foreign wives. Another reading is Jaddai, the King James Version “Jadau.” In 1 Esdras 9:35 “Edos” (the King James Version “Edes”).

(4) (עדּא, ‛iddō), “timely,” 1Ki_4:14): Father of Abinadab, Solomon's commissary in Mahanaim in Gilead.

(5) (ידּו, yiddō, “beloved,” or “loving,” 1Ch_6:21):

A Gershomite Levite, son of Joah, called Adaiah in verse 41; ancestor of Asaph.

(6) (יעדּו, ye‛dō (Kethībh יעדּי, ye‛dī), or עדּו, ‛iddō, “decked,” “adorned”):

Seer (ḥōzeh) and prophet (nābhi), the Chronicler's “source” for the reign of Solomon (2Ch_9:29): “The visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat”; and for the reign of Rehoboam (2Ch_12:15): “The histories of Iddo (עדּו, ‛iddō) the seer, after the manner of (or, “in reckoning”) genealogies”; and for the reign of Abijah (2Ch_13:22): “The commentary (midhrash) of the prophet Iddo” (עדּו, ‛iddō). He may have been the prophet who denounced Jeroboam (1 Ki 13), who is called by Josephus and Jerome Jadon, or Jaddo. Jerome makes Iddo and Oded the same.

(7) (עדּו, ‛iddō, “timely,” Zec_1:1):

Grandfather (father, according to Ezra) of the prophet, Zechariah. See also Zec_1:7; Ezr_5:1; Ezr_6:14 (עדּוא, ‛iddō'). In 1 Esdras 6:1, “Addo.”

(8) (עדּוא, ‛iddō), “decked,” “adorned,” Neh_12:4, Neh_12:16):

A priest who went up with Zerubbabel (Neh_12:4); one of the priestly clans which went up (Neh_12:16); perhaps same as (7).