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Abdi

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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(my servant). (1) A Merarite, grandfather of Ethan the Singer, and father of Kishi (1 Chron. 6:44⁴⁴And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, (1 Chronicles 6:44)). (2) Father of Kish, of Levitical descent (2 Chron. 29:12¹²Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: (2 Chronicles 29:12)). (3) Son of Elam, who had married a foreign wife, in time of Ezra (Ezra 10:26²⁶And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. (Ezra 10:26)).

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