IDALAII Yia'a/ah ; Sept. 'Iepixi6 ; Alex. 'IabiAti), a town of Zebulun, apparently lying between Shimron and Bethlehem (Josh. xix. 15). It is only once mentioned in Scripture, and does not occur in any other writer. Bethlehem is situated about six miles west of Nazareth, and Idalah could not have been far distant from it. Its site is un known.—J. L. P.
IDDO. 1. (N1j.i; Sept. nabth ; Alex. 152.ciSi.fik) The father of one of Solomon's purveyors.
2. erir ; Sept. 'ASSO A descendant of Gershom (1 Chron. vi. 21), called Adaiah, and placed ainong the ancestors of Asaph (ver. 41).
3. (514. ; Sept. 'haat ; Alex. 'Ianat) Son ot Zechariah, prince of east Manasseh in the time ot David (1 Chron. xxvii. 21).
01:P, K'ri '11.3P ; Sept. 'A.586, 'Ica-i2N) A seer who wrote visions against Jeroboam, in which the deeds of Solomon were noticed (2 Chron. ix. 29) ; he also wrote the history of Rehoboam and Abi jah ; or rather perhaps, in conjunction with Seraiah, kept the public rolls during their reigns. It seems from 2 Chron. xiii. 22 that he named his book &I'M, Illidrash, or 'Exposition.' Josephus (Antiy. viii. 9. t) states that this Iddo was the prophet who was sent to Jeroboam at Bethel, and consequently the same that was slain by a lion for disobedience to his instructions (1 Kings xiii.) ;
and many commentators have followed this state ment.
5. (t.e111), ; Sept. 'Anth, 'Aabat) Grandfather of the prophet Zechariah (Zech. 1. I ; Ezra v. i; vi. 14 ; Neh. xii. 16).
6. (YIN; Sept.) Chief of the Jews of the cap tivity established at Casiphia, a place of which it is difficult to determine the position. It was to him that Ezra sent a requisition for Levites and Nethinim, none of whom had yet joined his caravan. Thirty-eight Levites and 220 Nethinim responded to his call (Ezra viii. 17-20), B.C. 457. It would seem from this that Iddo was a chief person of the Nethinim, descended from those Gibeonites who were charged with the servile labours of the tabernacle and temple. This is one of several circumstances which indicate that the Jews in their several colonies under the Exile were still ruled by the heads of their nation, and allowed the free exercise of their worship.