Iddo was a prophet and seer who served in the kingdom of Judah during the reigns of kings Rehoboam, Abijah, and Solomon. He is known for having written chronicles and prophetic writings that are referenced in the Bible, although these works have not been preserved. He is also mentioned as the grandfather of the prophet Zechariah.
29As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
15The events of Rehoboam's reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, along with the genealogies? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
1Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo, the prophets, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
14So the elders of the Jews went on building and prospering through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished the building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
An Iddo is listed among the priests and Levites who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel, showing the family's continued spiritual service.
7On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo: