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Jaddua
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Known.
Jaddua (1)
#One of the chiefs who subscribed the covenant (Neh. 10:21).
Jaddua (2)
#The last high priest mentioned in the Old Testament (Neh. 12:11, 22), sons of Jonathan.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(known).
Son and successor in the high priesthood of Jonathan or Johanan. He is the last of the high priests mentioned in the Old Testament, and probably altogether the latest name in the canon. (Nehemiah 12:11,22) (B.C. 406-332.) One of the chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:21) (B.C. 410.)
In the Bible
3
Verses where Jaddua is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Nehemiah 10:21
Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
- Nehemiah 12:11
Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
- Nehemiah 12:22
In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
Scripture on Jaddua
2
Jaddua references
5
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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