Zebadiah

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Zebadiah ("gift of God"; "Jehovah has bestowed"; cf. Zebedee)

  • A son of Asahel, Joab's brother (1 Chr. 27:7).
  • A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:7, 8).
  • The son of Ishmael, "the ruler of the house of Judah in all the king's matters" (2 Chr. 19:8-11).
  • A son of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:15).
  • A Korhite porter of the Lord's house (1 Chr. 26:2). Three or four others of this name are also mentioned.

This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.

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