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Person Old Testament

Abdi

Abdi, a Levite, was an ancestor of Ethan, one of the musicians appointed by David to serve in the temple. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 6:44.

Why it matters. A Levite, ancestor of Ethan the musician

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Abdi

Abdi is mentioned in 1Ch.6.44 as a Levite and an ancestor of Ethan, one of the musicians appointed by King David to serve in the temple. Ethan, along with Heman and Asaph, was a leading musician and singer during David's reign (1Ch.15.19). Abdi is listed in the genealogy of the Levites, specifically within the lineage of Merari, one of the three main Levitical clans.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Malluch
Children
Kishi

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    6:44

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