Bible Person

Zebadiah

Meaning: portion of the Lord; the Lord is my portion · Male · 1 cross reference

This Zebadiah entry refers to the ruler over Judah in 2 Chronicles 19:11, not to the Levites, porters, warriors, or returnees of the same name elsewhere. He belongs to Jehoshaphat's judicial and administrative reforms. First appears in 2 Chr 19:11.1

AI summary: This Zebadiah matters because his single cross reference places him at the point where royal justice and covenant order meet. The entry helps show that Jehoshaphat's reforms relied on named leaders in both civil and religious spheres. Taken together, the material presents this Zebadiah as a Judahite ruler within a reforming administration.1

Central Figure

Zebadiah

Meaning: portion of the Lord; the Lord is my portion

The son of Ishmael, “the ruler of the house of Judah in all the king’s matters” (2 Chr.