Jedidah

Not to be confused with Jedediah.

In the Hebrew Bible, in the Book of 2 Kings 22:1, Jedidah was the mother of Josiah (the King of Judah). She was the wife of king Amon of Judah, and the daughter of Adaiah, from Boscath (a town in the Kingdom of Judah).

Alternate spellings for this Bible character are "Jedida" or "Jeddida".[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Jedida - Jedida meaning and name origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  2. ^ William Smith. "Aaron Zuzims" (PDF). Smith's Bible Dictionary. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Adaiah". christiananswers.net. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Meaning and etymology of the name Adaiah". Abiram Publications. Retrieved 29 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Yediydah - The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". biblestudytools.com. Retrieved 29 June 2012.