ABADIAS (1Es_8:35).An exile who returned with Ezra; called Obadiah, Ezr_8:9.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
ab-a-dı̄?as (Greek Ἀβαδίας): Mentioned in 1 Esdras 8:35 as the son of Jezelus, of the sons of Joab, returned with Ezra from the captivity; and in Ezr_8:9 called ?Obadiah the son of Jehiel.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Abadias
(Α᾿βαδίας), a son of Jazelus, and one of the descendants (or residents) of Joab, who returned with 212 males from the captivity with Ezra (1Es_8:35); evidently the same with the OBADIAH SEE OBADIAH (q.v.) of the parallel list (Ezr_8:9).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.