King James Bible Dictionary

the witness of the Lord

1. Grandfather of Josiah
2 Kings 22:1

2. A musician
1 Chronicles 6:41

3. A priest
1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12

4. A Benjamite
1 Chronicles 8:21

5. Father of Maaseiah
2 Chronicles 23:1

6. Two sons of Bani
Ezra 10:29; Ezra 10:39

7. Son of Joiarib
Nehemiah 11:5

(adorned by Jehovah).

1. Maternal grandfather of King Josiah, and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah. (2 Kings 22:1) (B.C. 648.)
2. A Levite of the Gershonite branch, and ancestor of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 6:41) In v. (1 Chronicles 6:21) Heb Isa called IDDO.
3. A Benjamite, son of Shimhi, (1 Chronicles 8:21) who is apparently the same as Shema in v. (1 Chronicles 8:13)
4. A priest, son of Jehoram. (1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12)
5. Ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada. (2 Chronicles 23:1)
6. One of the descendants of Bani, who had married a foreign wife after the return from Babylon. (Ezra 10:29) (B.C. 459).
7. The descendant of another Bani, who had also taken a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:39)
8. A man of Judah, of the line of Pharez. (Nehemiah 11:5)