'Of the sons of Elam: Matthanias and Zacharias and Iezrielos and Obadios and Ieremoth and Elias.' Īccording to Cheyne and Black (1899), the two occurrences in the Books of Chronicles refer to a single individual, and the references in Ezra and 1 Esdras are to a second individual. 1 Esdras 9:27, where the name appears in the Hellenized form Oabdios.'And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.' 'Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah.' 1 Chronicles 6:29: 'And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch.' This verse, in the King James Version and some other Bibles, is verse 44 of chapter 6.There is also one additional appearance in 1 Esdras, considered canonical in Eastern Orthodox Churches.

The name 'Abdi' appears three times in forms of the Bible that are in use among Jews, Protestants, and Roman Catholics. Easton's Bible Encyclopedia, on the other hand, holds that it means 'my servant'. The name Abdi (Hebrew עַבְדִּי) is probably an abbreviation of Obediah, meaning 'servant of YHWH', according to the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. The Septuagint omits the phrase 'and Shelemiah son of Abdeel', probably a scribal error due to homoioteleuton. Abdeel ( Ab'dē el) (Hebrew עַבְדְּאֵל 'servant of God' akin to Arabic عبد الله Abdullah ) is mentioned in Jeremiah 36:26 as the father of Shelemiah, one of three men who were commanded by King Jehoiakim to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his secretary Baruch.

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