Iddo Genealogies
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The book called the Iddo Genealogies is one of the Lost books of the Old Testament. It was attributed to the Biblical Prophet Iddo, who is said to have lived at the time of Rehoboam
. The book is described at . The passage reads: "Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually."
This text is sometimes called The Genealogies of Iddo the Seer or The Acts of Iddo the Seer http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/42.
The book is found nowhere in the Old Testament
, so it is presumed to have been lost or removed from the earlier texts.
Rehoboam
Rehoboam was initially king of the United Monarchy of Israel but after the ten northern tribes of Israel rebelled in 932/931 BC to form the independent Kingdom of Israel he was king of the Kingdom of Judah, or southern kingdom. He was a son of Solomon and a grandson of David...
. The book is described at . The passage reads: "Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually."
This text is sometimes called The Genealogies of Iddo the Seer or The Acts of Iddo the Seer http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/42.
The book is found nowhere in the Old Testament
Old Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...
, so it is presumed to have been lost or removed from the earlier texts.
See also
- Table of books of Judeo-Christian Scripture
- Non-canonical books referenced in the BibleNon-canonical books referenced in the BibleThe non-canonical books in this article include Biblical apocrypha and Deuterocanonical books , Pseudepigrapha, writings from Hellenistic and other non-Biblical cultures, and lost works of known or unknown status...
- Lost workLost workA lost work is a document or literary work produced some time in the past of which no surviving copies are known to exist. Works may be lost to history either through the destruction of the original manuscript, or through the non-survival of any copies of the work. Deliberate destruction of works...