Dictionary entry

Kadmiel

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kad'-mi-el (qadhmi'el, "before God," "priest"(?); "Cadmiel" in parallel lists in 1 Esdras 5:26,58 the King James Version; omitted in Septuagint Codex Vaticanus; Codex Alexandrinus reads kai Kadmielon): A Levite (Ezr 2:40;Ne 7:43), founder of a family whose descendants returned from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:1;Ne 7:43;12:1,8). He is named among those who praise God for the return (Ne 9:4,5;12:24); was of those who "set forward" the work of the Lord's house (Ezr 3:9; 1 Esdras 5:26,58), and is again mentioned with those who "seal" the new Return Covenant (Ne 10:28) after the re-establishment of worship (Ne 10:1,9).