Person Old Testament
Iddo
Iddo, the son of Abinadab, was an official in Mahanaim during King Solomon's reign. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Kings 4:14.
Why it matters. Abinadab's son, an official under King Solomon
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Iddo
Iddo, the son of Abinadab, is mentioned in 1Ki.4.14 as one of the twelve officials appointed by King Solomon to oversee the provision of food for the king and his household. Iddo was responsible for the region of Mahanaim, which was located east of the Jordan River. Each official was assigned a specific month to provide the necessary supplies for the royal court (1Ki.4.7).
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.
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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 Kings (1 verse)