BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2899
tov a.do.niy.yah — Tobadonijah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.8 § Tob-adonijah = "my Lord is good" one of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah to teach the law to the people
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Good is Jehovah, my Lord, a Levite sent out by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people of Judah in the law (2 Chr. 17:8).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
