Bible Dictionary
Kadmiel
Kadmiel was a Levite and head of a family that returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. He helped lead worship, support the temple work, and seal the covenant in Nehemiah’s day.
Definition
Kadmiel was a Levite and founder or head of a family whose descendants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. He and his family were associated with the restoration of worship and the work of the temple after the Captivity.
Biblical Usage
Kadmiel is named among those who praised God for the return, helped set forward the work of the Lord’s house, participated in worship, and sealed the covenant renewed in Nehemiah’s day.
Historical Background
Kadmiel appears in records from the return under Zerubbabel through the re-establishment of worship and the covenant renewal. The supplied sources place these activities between approximately 535 and 410 B.C.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Before God; i.e., his servant, one of the Levites who returned with Zerubbabel from the Captivity (Neh. 9:4; 10:9; 12:8).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(before God), one of the Levites who with his family returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:40; Nehemiah 7:43) He and his house are mentioned in history on three occasions - (Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 9:4,5; 10:9) (B.C. 535-410.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kad'-mi-el (qadhmi'el, "before God," "priest"(?); "Cadmiel" in parallel lists in 1 Esdras 5:26,58 the King James Version; omitted in Septuagint Codex Vaticanus; Codex Alexandrinus reads kai Kadmielon): A Levite (Ezr 2:40; Ne 7:43), founder of a family whose descendants returned from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:1; Ne 7:43; 12:1,8). He is named among those who praise God for the return (Ne 9:4,5; 12:24); was of those who "set forward" the work of the Lord's house (Ezr 3:9; 1 Esdras 5:26,58), and is again mentioned with those who "seal" the new Return Covenant (Ne 10:28) after the re-establishment of worship (Ne 10:1,9).</p>