The head of a priestly family which returned with Zerubbabel, but, being unable to trace their genealogy, were not allowed to serve (Ezr 2:61); called in Ne 7:63 Hobaiah, and in 1Es 5:38 Obdia.
And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).
And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).
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