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ZEBIDAH
Zebidah was the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah and the mother of Jehoiakim, king of Judah.
Definition
Zebidah, also called Zebudah in the King James Version, was the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah and the mother of Jehoiakim, king of Judah.
Biblical Usage
She is named in the account of Jehoiakim’s reign in 2 Kings 23:36. The supplied material notes related name variations in the textual traditions of Kings and Chronicles.
Historical Background
The Hebrew textual forms differ, and the Septuagint preserves additional variant readings. The supplied discussion attributes some differences to confusion between similar Hebrew letters and to later name conflation.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ze-bi'-da, zeb'-i-da (zebhudhah, Qere, whence the King James Version "Zebudah," whereas the Kethibh is zebhidhah; the Qere means "bestowed" and is the feminine of Zabud): Daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah, and mother of King Jehoiakim of Judah (2Ki 23:36). The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has, however, Iella thugater Edeil ek Krouma, Codex Alexandrinus Eieldaph th. Eieddila ek Rhuma. In 2Ch 36:5 Massoretic Text lacks these names, but the Septuagint Codex Vaticanus has Zechora th. Nereiou ek Rhama; here the name of the king's mother = Hebrew zekhurah, due to a confusion of the Hebrew letter kaph (k) with the Hebrew letter beth (b), and the Hebrew letter resh (r) with the Hebrew letter daleth (d), and thus we find support for the Qere, zebhudhah ("Zebudah," in 2Ki 23:36 the King James Version). Lucian has confused the names here with those of 2Ki 24:18, and has as there, "Amital, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah."</p><p>David Francis Roberts</p>