JADON.A Meronothite, who took part in rebuilding the wail of Jerusalem (Neh_3:7). The title Meronothite occurs again 1Ch_27:30, but a place Meronoth is nowhere named. According to Jos. [Note: Josephus.] (Ant. VIII. viii. 5, ix. 1), Jadon was the name of the man of God sent from Judah to Jeroboam (1Ki_13:1-34).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Neh_3:7; compare 1Ch_27:30. Josephus calls the man of God who denounced Jeroboam's altar at Bethel "Jadon," intending probably "Iddo the seer."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Jaddu'a. (judge). The Meronothite, who assisted to repair the wall of Jerusalem. Neh_3:7. (B.C. 446).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
jā?don (ידון, yādhōn, perhaps ?he will judge? or ?plead?): One who helped to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem in company with the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah (Neh_3:7). He is called the ?Meronothite,? and another Meronothite is referred to in 1Ch_27:30, but there is no mention of a place Meronoth. Jadon is the name given by Josephus (Ant., VIII, viii, 5; ix, 1) to ?the man of God? from Judah who confronted Jeroboam as he burned incense at the altar in Bethel, and who was afterward deceived by the lie of the old prophet (1 Ki 13). Josephus may probably have meant Iddo the seer, whose visions concerning Jeroboam (2Ch_9:29) led to his being identified in Jewish tradition with ?the man of God?, from Judah.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Jadon
(Heb. Yadon', יָדוֹן, judge; Sept. has Εὐάρων [but most eds. omit],Vulg. Yadon), a Meronothite who assisted in reconstructing the walls of Jerusalem after the return from Babylon (Neh_3:7). B.C. 446.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.