Zebadiah

Zeb´uh-di´uh; Heb., “Yah[weh] has given a gift”; also Zeraiah

1 A Benjaminite son of Beriah (1Chr 8:15). 2 A Benjaminite son of Elpaal (1Chr 8:17). 3 A Benjaminite son of Jeroham of Gedor who fought for David (1Chr 12:7). 4 The third son of Meshelemiah (1Chr 26:2) who served as a gatekeeper. 5 The son of Asahel who succeeded his father as leader of the labor division for David (1Chr 27:7). 6 A Levite teacher who worked in Jehoshaphat’s time (2Chr 17:8). 7 The son of Ishmael and governor of the house of Judah under Jehoshaphat (2Chr 19:11). 8 The son of Michael and descendant of Shephatiah who returned from exile (Ezra 8:8). 9 A descendant of Immer who was found to have married a foreign woman (Ezra 10:20).