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Jeshua

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The source enumerates 11 distinct subjects under Jeshua. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.Head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chr.
  2. 2.A Levite appointed by Hezekiah to distribute offerings in the priestly cities (2 Chr.
  3. 3.Ezra 2:6; Neh.
  4. 4.Ezra 2:40; Neh.
  5. 5.The son of Jozadak, and high priest of the Jews under Zerubbabel (Neh.
  6. 6.A Levite (Ezra 8:33).
  7. 7.Neh.
  8. 8.A Levite who assisted in the reformation under Nehemiah (8:7; 9:4, 5).
  9. 9.Son of Kadmiel (Neh.
  10. 10.A city of Judah (Neh.
  11. 11.Neh.

  1. Jeshua (1)

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    Head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chr. 24:11).

  2. Jeshua (2)

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    A Levite appointed by Hezekiah to distribute offerings in the priestly cities (2 Chr. 31:15).

  3. Jeshua (3)

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    Ezra 2:6; Neh. 7:11.

  4. Jeshua (4)

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    Ezra 2:40; Neh. 7:43.

  5. Jeshua (5)

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    The son of Jozadak, and high priest of the Jews under Zerubbabel (Neh. 7:7; 12:1, 7, 10, 26); called Joshua (Hag. 1:1, 12; 2:2, 4; Zech. 3:1, 3, 6, 8, 9).

  6. Jeshua (6)

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    A Levite (Ezra 8:33).

  7. Jeshua (7)

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    Neh. 3:19.

  8. Jeshua (8)

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    A Levite who assisted in the reformation under Nehemiah (8:7; 9:4, 5).

  9. Jeshua (9)

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    Son of Kadmiel (Neh. 12:24).

  10. Jeshua (10)

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    A city of Judah (Neh. 11:26).

  11. Jeshua (11)

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    Neh. 8:17; Joshua, the son of Nun.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(whom Jehovah helps), one of the towns reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity. (Nehemiah 11:26) It is not mentioned elsewhere.

(a saviour), another form of the name of Joshua of Jesus.

Joshua the son of Nun. (Nehemiah 8:17) [Joshua] A priest in the reign of David, to whom the nine course fell by David, to whom the ninth course fell by lot. (1 Chronicles 24:11) (B.C. 1014.) One of the Levites in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:15) (B.C. 726.) Son of Jehozadak, first high priest after the Babylonish captivity, B.C. 536. Jeshua was probably born in Babylon, whither his father Jehozadak had been taken captive while young. (1 Chronicles 6:15) Authorized Version. He came up from Babylon in the first year of Cyrus, with Zerubbabel, and took a leading part with him in the rebuilding of the temple and the restoration of the Jewish commonwealth. The two prophecies concerning him in (Zechariah 3:1) ... and Zech 6:9-15 Point him out as an eminent type of Christ. Head of a Levitical house, one of those which returned from the Babylonish captivity. (Ezra 2:40; 3:9; Nehemiah 3:19; 8:7; 9:4,5; 12:8) etc. A branch of the family of Pahath-moab, one of the chief families, probably, of the tribe of Judah. (Nehemiah 10:14; 7:11) etc.; Ezra 10:30

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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