Bible Person

Hodaviah

Meaning: Hodiah · Male · 1 cross reference

This Hodaviah entry refers to a Benjaminite ancestor in 1 Chronicles 9 and the father of Meshullam, not to the eastern Manassite chief of the same name. He belongs to the family lines associated with the inhabitants of restored Jerusalem. First appears in 1 Chr 9:7.1

AI summary: This Hodaviah matters because his single cross reference helps locate one household within the restored city's settled population. Even a brief paternal note contributes to the picture of Jerusalem being repopulated through remembered families. Taken together, the material presents this Hodaviah as a genealogical figure in post-exilic Jerusalem.1

Central Figure

Hodaviah

Meaning: Hodiah

Children