Zebadiah

zeb-a-di'-a

(1) zebhadhyaha,

(2) zebhadhyah, "Yah has bestowed";

the form (1) is the Hebrew name in (1), (a), (b), (2), below; the form (2) in the rest. Some manuscripts have Zechariah in (1), (a), (b), (3)).

Compare ZABDI; ZABDIEL:

(1) Levites:

(a) a Korahite doorkeeper of David's reign (1 Chr 26:2);

(b) one of the Levites sent by King Jehoshaphat to teach the Torah in Judah (2 Chr 17:8).

(2) Son of Ishmael (2 Chr 19:11); "ruler of the house of Judah in all the king's (Jehoshaphat's) matters," i.e. judge in civil cases, the "controversies" of 2 Chr 19:8.

(3) Benjamites, perhaps descended from Ehud (see Curtis, Chron., 158 ff):

(a) In 1 Chr 8:15;

(b) in 8:17, where the name may be a dittography from 8:15.

(4) A Benjamite recruit of David at Ziklag (1 Chr 12:7 (Hebrew verse 8)).

(5) One of David's army officers, son and successor of Asahel (1 Chr 27:7).

(6) One of those who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Ezra (Ezra 8:8) = "Zaraias" of 1 Esdras 8:34.

(7) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:20) = "Zabdeus" of 1 Esdras 9:21.

David Francis Roberts