Bible Dictionary

Zebadiah

Gift of Jehovah. (1.) A son of Asahel, Joab’s brother (1 Chr. 27:7). (2.) A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:7, 8).…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Gift of Jehovah. ) A son of Asahel, Joab’s brother (1 Chr. 27:7). ) A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:7, 8). ) The son of Ishmael, “the ruler of the house of Judah in all the king’s matters” (2 Chr. 19:8-11). ) A son of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:15). ) A Korhite porter of the Lord’s house (1 Chr. 26:2). Three or four others of this name are also mentioned.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

ZEBADI'AH (gift of Jehovah). 1, 2, 3. Three Benjamites, sons of Beriah, 1 Chr 8:15, Elpaal, 1 Chr 8:17, and Jeroham of Gedor. 1 Chr 12:7. A Korhite Levite. 1 Chr 26:2. A Levite teaching the Law in the cities of Judah during the reign of Jehoshaphat. 2 Chr 17:8. A son of Asahel, the brother of Joab. 1 Chr 27:7. A son of Ishmael, of the house of Judah. 2 Chr 19:11. One who returned with Ezra. Ezr 8:8. A priest who had married a foreign wife after the return from Babylon. Ezr 10:20.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

portion of the Lord; the Lord is my portion