Maadja

Priest in Nehemiah's time

Aussi appelé : Maadiah, Maadia, Moadia, Maadai

Le retourPriestc. 500s BC

Maadja (also spelled Maadiah or Maadja) was one of the priests who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the Babylonian exile. He is mentioned in the book of Nehemiah as part of the priestly families that served in the rebuilt temple service. His descendants continued the priesthood in subsequent generations.

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Return from exile with Zerubbabel

Maadja was one of the priests who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel and Joshua (Jeshua) after the Babylonian exile.

1These are the priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָל֛וּ עִם־זְרֻבָּבֶ֥ל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵ֖ל וְיֵשׁ֑וּעַ שְׂרָיָ֥ה יִרְמְיָ֖ה עֶזְרָֽא׃ ‬
5Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
מִיָּמִ֥ין מַֽעַדְיָ֖ה בִּלְגָּֽה׃ ‬

Registration among the priestly families

Maadja was registered as head of one of the priestly families that served in Jerusalem after returning from Babylon.

5Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
מִיָּמִ֥ין מַֽעַדְיָ֖ה בִּלְגָּֽה׃ ‬

Priestly service in the rebuilt temple

Maadja and the other priests helped restore the lawful temple service in Jerusalem after the exile.

1These are the priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָל֛וּ עִם־זְרֻבָּבֶ֥ל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵ֖ל וְיֵשׁ֑וּעַ שְׂרָיָ֥ה יִרְמְיָ֖ה עֶזְרָֽא׃ ‬
2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
אֲמַרְיָ֥ה מַלּ֖וּךְ חַטּֽוּשׁ׃ ‬
3Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
שְׁכַנְיָ֥ה רְחֻ֖ם מְרֵמֹֽת׃ ‬
4Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
עִדּ֥וֹא גִנְּת֖וֹי אֲבִיָּֽה׃ ‬
5Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
מִיָּמִ֥ין מַֽעַדְיָ֖ה בִּלְגָּֽה׃ ‬
6Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה וְיוֹיָרִ֖יב יְדַֽעְיָֽה׃ ‬
7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and of their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua.
סַלּ֣וּ עָמ֔וֹק חִלְקִיָּ֖ה יְדַֽעְיָ֑ה אֵ֣לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֧י הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם בִּימֵ֥י יֵשֽׁוּעַ׃ פ ‬

Descendant Piltaj serves as priest

In the next generation, Piltaj was head of Maadjas' priestly line in the days of Jehoiakim.

17of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;
לַאֲבִיָּ֖ה זִכְרִ֑י לְמִ֨נְיָמִ֔ין לְמוֹעַדְיָ֖ה פִּלְטָֽי׃ ‬

Mentionné dans la Bible (2)