Jedidah

In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidah was the mother of Josiah, the King of Judah. (2 Kings 22:1) She was the wife of king Amon of Judah and a daughter of Adaiah of Boscath, a town in the Kingdom of Judah.

Not to be confused with Jedediah.

Alternate spellings for this Bible character are "Jedida" or "Jeddida".[1][2][3][4][5]

References
  1. "Jedida - Jedida meaning and name origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  2. William Smith. "Aaron Zuzims" (PDF). Smith's Bible Dictionary. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  3. "Adaiah". christiananswers.net. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  4. "Meaning and etymology of the name Adaiah". Abiram Publications. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  5. "Yediydah - The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". biblestudytools.com. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
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