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    Iddo

    ID-oh

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Timely; His ornament; Beloved
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Iddo appears in the King James Bible, including 2 Chronicles 9:29.
    First appears in
    2 Chronicles — The united and divided kingdom
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Iddo — 'timely' — placed prophetic voices exactly when and where they were needed. His legacy teaches that God raises the right people at the right time, and that faithfulness in one generation produces prophets in the next.
    King James verses
    • 2 Chronicles 9:29

      "Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer?"

    • Ezra 5:1

      "Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem."

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