Iddo — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

1. Father of Ahinadab, Solomon’s official at Mahanaim, who provisioned the royal household (1 Kgs 4:14).

Show passage in OET: KI1 4:14

14 ʼAḩīnādāⱱ the _son _of ˊIddō (to)_Maḩₐnāyim.

2. Gershonite Levite, descendant of Joah and forefather of Zerah (1 Chr 6:21); perhaps alternately called Adaiah in verse 41. See Adaiah #2.

Show passage in OET: CH1 6:21

OET-RV CH1 6:21

21 Zimah’s son was Yoah, Yoah’s son was Ido, Ido’s son was Zerah, and Zerah’s son was Ye’eteray.

OET-LV CH1 6:6

6  Yōʼāḩ/(Joah) his/its_son ˊIddō son _of_his Zeraḩ his/its_son Jeatherai his/its_son.

Show passage in OET: CH1 6:41

OET-RV CH1 6:41

41 Malkiyah was Etni’s son. Etni was Zerah’s son. Zerah was Adayah’s son.

OET-LV CH1 6:26

26  The _son _of Ethni the _son _of Zeraḩ the _son _of ˊAdā^yāh.

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3. Zechariah’s son and the chief officer of Manasseh’s half-tribe in Gilead during David’s reign (1 Chr 27:21).

Show passage in OET: CH1 27:21

OET-RV CH1 27:21

• 21 Zekaryah’s (Zechariah’s) son Yido was the leader of the half-tribe of Menasheh in Gilead.
• Avner’s son Ya’asiyel was the leader of the tribe of Benyamin.

OET-LV CH1 27:21

21 For_the _half _of (the)_Mənashsheh to_Gilˊād Yiddō/(Iddo) the _son _of Zəkar^yāh for_Binyāmīn Yaˊₐsiy^ʼēl/(Jaasiel) the _son _of ʼAⱱnēr.

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4. Prophet and seer who recorded the events of Solomon’s reign concerning Jeroboam, Nebat’s son in a book of visions (2 Chr 9:29), Rehoboam’s acts in his genealogical records (12:15), and Abijah’s life as part of a commentary (13:22).

Show passage in OET: CH2 9:29

OET-RV CH2 9:29

29 Everything else that Shelomoh (Solomon) did, from the beginning to the end, was written down by the prophet Natan (Nathan), and in the prophecy by Ahiyah (from Shiloh), and the prophet Ido’s visions about Nevat’s son Yarov’am (Jeroboam) were also written down.

OET-LV CH2 9:29

29 And_the _rest _of the _matters _of Shəlomoh (the)_former and_(the)_latter not are_they written on the _words/messages _of Nathan the_prophet and_on the _prophecy _of ʼAḩiy^yāh the_Shilōnī and_in_the _visions _of ˊIddō the_seer on Yāroⱱˊām/(Jeroboam) the _son _of Neⱱaţ.

Show passage in OET: CH2 12:15

OET-RV CH2 12:15

15 The account of everything Rehav’am did while he was king, including genealogical records, was recorded in the scrolls written by the prophets Shemayah and Ido. Rehav’am and Yarov’am (Jeroboam) were at war with each other for his entire reign.

OET-LV CH2 12:15

15 And_the _matters _of Rəḩaⱱˊām (the)_former and_(the)_latter not are_they written in_the _words/messages _of Shəmaˊ^yāh the_prophet and_ˊIddō the_seer for_genealogical _enrolment and_the _wars _of Rəḩaⱱˊām and_Yāroⱱˊām/(Jeroboam) were_all _of the_days.

Show passage in OET: CH2 13:22

OET-RV CH2 13:22

22 The rest of what Aviyah did, including his sayings and his behaviour, was written down by the prophet Ido.

OET-LV CH2 13:22

22 And_the _rest _of the _matters _of ʼAⱱiy^yāh and_ways _of_his and_words/messages _of_his are_written in_the _record _of the _prophet ˊIddō.

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5. Grandfather of Zechariah the prophet (Zec 1:1, 7 OET ZEC 1:1 · OET ZEC 1:7). Iddo was a well-known priest who returned to Jerusalem from exile in 538 BC, and whose household was headed by Zechariah during Joiakim’s reign as high priest during the postexilic era (Neh 12:16). According to Ezra 5:1 and 6:14, Zechariah, and not Berechiah his father, was considered Iddo’s successor. See Zechariah (Person) #20.

Show passage in OET: ZEC 1:1; ZEC 1:7

OET-RV ZEC 1:1

1 In the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Persian King Dareyavesh (Darius), Yahweh spoke through the prophet Zekaryah (Zechariah) (Zekaryah, son of Ido’s son Berekyah) saying,

OET-RV ZEC 1:7

7 About three months later, Yahweh spoke again through the prophet Zekaryah (Zechariah) (Zekaryah son of Ido’s son Berekyah) saying,

OET-LV ZEC 1:1

1 In_month (the)_eighth in_year two of_Dārəyāvesh the _message _of YHWH it _came to Zəkar^yāh the _son _of Berek^yāh the _son _of ˊIddō the_prophet to_say.

OET-LV ZEC 1:7

7 In/on_day twenty and_four of_one _plus _of ten month it was_the _month _of Shebat in_year two of_Dārəyāvesh the _message _of YHWH it _came to Zəkar^yāh the _son _of Berek^yāh the _son _of ˊIddō the_prophet to_say.

Show passage in OET: NEH 12:16

OET-RV NEH 12:16

• 16 Zekaryah (Zechariah) for Ido’s family,
• Meshulam for Gineton’s,

OET-LV NEH 12:16

16 Mmm Zəkar^yāh Ginnətōn Məshullām.

Show passage in OET: EZR 5:1

OET-RV EZR 5:1

5 Then the prophet Hagay and Ido’s son Zekaryah (Zechariah) prophesied to the Yehudim (Jews) in Yerushalem (Jerusalem) and across Yehudah (Judah) in the name of Yisrael’s (Israel’s) god who they served.

OET-LV EZR 5:1

5 And_he _prophesied Ḩaggay mmm and_Zəkar^yāh the _son _of ˊIddō mmm to the_Yəhūdī who were_in_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_in_Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) in_the _name _of the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) who_was_over _them.

Show passage in OET: EZR 6:14

OET-RV EZR 6:14

14 So the Jewish elders continued building, and they were encouraged by the prophesying of the prophet Hagay and Ido’s son Zekaryah (Zechariah). As a result of the decrees of the Persian kings Koresh (Cyrus) , and Dareyavesh and Artahshashta (Artaxerxes), they were able to fulfil God’s decree to rebuild the temple.

OET-LV EZR 6:14

14 And_the _elders _of were_building and_prospering by_the _prophesying _of Ḩaggay mmm and_Zəkar^yāh the _son _of ˊIddō and_they _built and_they _finished according _to the _decree _of the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_according_to _the _decree _of Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)) and_Dārəyāvesh and_ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ the _king _of Pāraş.

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6. Leading Levite at Casiphia in Babylonia to whom Ezra sent a delegation of men requesting priests and temple servants to join Ezra’s caravan returning to Palestine for service in the Jerusalem temple (Ezr 8:17).