- Hadid:
- or, Harid, as it is in some copies, Hadid is probably the Adida of Josephus, and the Maccabees (1Mac "And the otherª [company of them that gave] thanksª wentª° over againstª [them], and I¹ afterª them, and the halfª of the peopleª upon¹¹ the wall,ª from beyond¹¹ the towerª of the furnacesª even unto¹ the broadª wall;ª" {Neh 12:38} + "And I made treasurersª° over¹ the treasuries,ª Shelemiahª the priest,ª and Zadokª the scribe,ª° and of¹ the Levites,ª Pedaiah:ª and next to¹¹ them² [was] Hananª the sonª of Zaccur,ª the sonª of Mattaniah:ª for¹ they were countedª° faithful,ª° and their office¹ [was] to distributeª° unto their brethren.ª" {Neh 13:13}), a city situated on a hill in the plain country of Judah, and the Aditha of Eusebius, which he places near Diospolis, Lydda, or Lod.
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