1. A Levite (1Es 5:58); called in Ezr 3:9 Judah; elsewhere Hodaviah, Ezr 2:40; Hodevah, Ne 7:43; Sudias, 1Es 5:26. 2. An ancestor of Jesus (Lu 3:26).
The Levites [included]: Jeshua's and Kadmiel's descendants from Hodaviah's descendants 74
Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of Judah and of Henadad, with their sons and brothers, the Levites, joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.