ADDAN (1Es_5:36).Some of the inhabitants of this place returned with Zerubbabel, but were unable to prove their true Isr. descent by showing to what clan or family they belonged (Ezr_2:59). The name does not appear in the later lists in Ezr_10:1-44, Neh_10:1-39. In Neh_7:61 it appears as Addon.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A place from which some of the Jewish captives returned with Zerubbabel to Judaea: these "could not show their father's house, nor their seed (pedigree) whether they were of Israel" (Ezr_2:59). ADDON, or AALAR.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ad'dan. (strong or stony). One of the places from which some of the captivity returned with Zerubbabel to Judea who could not show their pedigree as Israelites. Ezr_2:59. Called Addon Neh_7:61.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ad?an (אדּן, 'addān; in Neh אדּון, 'addōn; connected in some way with the name of the god Addu): A name mentioned in the list of the returning exiles (Ezr_2:59, duplicated in Neh_7:61). It is one of several names of Babylonian localities from which came men who were unable to declare their genealogy as Israelites.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Addan
(Heb. Addan', אִרָּן; Sept. ῾Ηδάν), another form (Ezr_2:59) of the name (Neh_7:61) ADDON SEE ADDON (q.v.).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.