Bible Person

Adaiah

Meaning: the witness of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Adaiah entry refers to the father of Jedidah and maternal grandfather line behind King Josiah, not to the priestly, Benjaminite, or post-exilic figures of the same name. He belongs to the dynastic background of Judah's monarchy. First appears in 2 Kgs 22:1.1

AI summary: This Adaiah matters because his single cross reference places his household in the maternal line of Josiah, one of Judah's most significant reforming kings. Even a brief family notice contributes to the human and dynastic texture of royal history. Taken together, the material presents this Adaiah as a familial source within the household background of Josiah.1

Central Figure

Adaiah

Meaning: the witness of the Lord