IDAIAH. — Name of several personages in the Old Testament.
1. Descendant of the patriarch Simeon (1 Chron. 4:37; Heb. Yedhajah, “who praises Jahweh,” Vulg. Idaja).
2. Son of Haromaph (Vulg. Idaja), a contemporary of Nehemiah; he contributed to the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:10).
3. The Vulgate renders I. or Idajah or Idajah also the Hebrew name Yedhajah (“Jahweh knows”), borne by many priests: one assigned to the second division of service in the Temple (1 Chron. 9:10; 24:7); several in the time of Nehemiah and the exile (Ezra 2:36; Neh. 7:39; 11:10; 12:6, 7, 21); one in the time of the prophet Zechariah (Zech. 6:10, 14).