Nehemiah 12:10

Translations

Modern

Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,

Traditional

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

Literal

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

Latin

Josue autem genuit Joacim, et Joacim genuit Eliasib, et Eliasib genuit Jojada,

Original

Hebrew

English

Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,

Notes

Nehemiah 12:10–11

Joiakim likely served during the early years of Ezra's service.
Eliashib and Joiada served during Nehemiah's time (Nehemiah 3:1; 13:4, 28).
Jonathan: An Aramaic papyrus document from a Jewish colony in Elephantine, Egypt (around 410 BC). Josephus (Antiquities 11.5.4, AD 93) also mentions Jonathan serving after Nehemiah's time.

Nehemiah 12:1–26

These lists of priests and Levites include those who originally returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:1–9), a chronological list of high priests (12:10–11), and the priests and Levites who served during Joiakim's time, the high priest during Nehemiah and Ezra's era (12:12–26).

Theme notes and profiles

Nehemiah

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Nehemiah 13:4
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God
Nehemiah 13:28
Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
1 Chronicles 6:3–15
The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Nehemiah 13:7
…to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
Nehemiah 3:1
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
Nehemiah 12:26
They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.

People

Eliashib: High priest, father of Joiada and ancestor of Jaddua Joiada: A high priest, son of Eliashib Joiakim: A high priest, son of Jeshua Joshua: High priest during the rebuilding of the temple

Glossary

Amariah Amok Book of Nehemiah Eliashib Genealogy Joiada Joiakim Mattaniah

Topics

Eliashib: High Priest Jeshua: Also Called Joshua: Descendants of Joiada: Son and Successor of Eliashib in the High Priesthood Joiakim: A High Priest Nehemiah: Son of Hachaliah: Register of the Priests and Levites

Nehemiah 12:10

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