Bible Person

Tobadonijah

Male · 1 cross reference

Tobadonijah is one of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 17:8 to teach the people. He belongs to Judah's effort to spread covenant instruction through the kingdom. First appears in 2 Chr 17:8.1

AI summary: Tobadonijah matters because his single cross reference places him within Jehoshaphat's remarkable initiative to teach the law throughout Judah. The entry helps show that reform could involve organized instruction and not only temple-centered action. Taken together, the material presents Tobadonijah as a teaching Levite in Jehoshaphat's reign.1

Central Figure

Tobadonijah

Good is Jehovah, my Lord, a Levite sent out by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people of Judah in the law (2 Chr.