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- Nehemiah
- Chapter 12
- Verse 10
And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
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Gill's Exposition
And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada, and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua. This is an account of the high priests in succession in the…
The six generations of high priests covered a little more than two centuries (538-333 B.C.), or a little under thirty-five years to a generation. Jaddua was the high priest who (according to Josephus)…
We have here the names, and little more than the names, of a great many priests and Levites, that were eminent in their day among the returned Jews. Why this register should be here inserted by…
The lists of the high-priests in 1Ch 6:3-15 concluded with Jehozadak, who -went into captivity when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar." Jehozadak's son was Jeshua…
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