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- An Adaiah mentioned in passing as the ancestor of a Levite named Asaph, in 1 Chronicles 6:41.
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- A descendant of Bani, listed in Ezra 10:29.
- Another descendant of Bani, listed in Ezra 10:39.
- An Adaiah, son of Joiarib, listed in Nehemiah 11:5.
- An Adaiah mentioned as being the father of Maaseiah in 2 Chronicles 23:1.
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References
- ↑ New Bible Dictionary, second edition. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, USA.
- ↑ 1 Kings 18:3ff
- ↑ compilation and translation by Holy Apostles Convent. (1998), The Lives of the Holy Prophets, Buena Vista CO: Holy Apostles Convent, p. 4, ISBN 0-944359-12-4
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 3:21
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 7:3
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 8:38
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 9:16
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 12:9
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 27:19
- ↑ 2 Chronicles 17:7
- ↑ 2 Chronicles 34:12
- ↑ Nehemiah 12:25
- ↑ Ezra 8:9