Jaddua = "knowing"

1. one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

2. son and successor in the high priesthood of Jonathan, Jeshua, or Johanan; the last of the high priests mentioned in the OT, probably living in the time of Alexander the Great

Meshezabeel = "God delivers"

1. ancestor of Meshullam who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem

   1. perhaps the same as 2 and 3

2. a head of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

   1. perhaps the same as 1 and 3

3. father of Pethahiah and descendant of Zerah the son of Judah

   1. perhaps the same as 1 and 2

Zadok = "righteous"

1. the high priest, son of Ahitub of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and 11th in descent from Aaron; joined David after Saul's death and supported him against Absalom and Adonijah; anointed Solomon as king

2. a priest, son of Meraioth, father of Meshullam of the house of Ahitub; apparently a nephew of 1

3. father of Jerusha, the wife of king Uzziah and mother of king Jotham of Judah

4. son of Baana and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

5. son of Immer and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

6. a leader of the people in the time of Nehemiah

7. a scribe appointed by Nehemiah as one of the treasurers over the storehouse

8. a valiant warrior of the tribe of Benjamin who joined David at Hebron. Same as 1?