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Nehemiah 12:10
10Jeshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
Nehemiah 12:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
- New International Version (NIV)Joshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Jeshua begot Joiakim, Joiakim begot Eliashib, Eliashib begot Joiada,
Context of Nehemiah 12:10
8The Levites were: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah and Mattaniah. Mattaniah and his relatives had authority for the songs which they sang to thank God in the temple. 9Bakbukiah and Unni and their relatives joined them when they sang. Jeshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada, 11Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua. 12In the time of Joiakim, these were the priests who were leaders of their clans: Meraiah was the leader of Seraiah's clan. Hananiah was the leader of Jeremiah's clan.
Read all of Nehemiah 12Nehemiah 12:10 word by word
וְיֵשׁ֖וּעַ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־יֽוֹיָקִ֑ים וְיֽוֹיָקִים֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־אֶלְיָשִׁ֔יב וְאֶלְיָשִׁ֖יב אֶת־יוֹיָדָֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Nehemiah 12:10
- Nehemiah 12:26They served as guards in the time of Joiakim, son of Jeshua and grandson of Jozadak. This was in the time when Nehemiah had authority over Judah, and Ezra the priest was teaching people God's Law.
- 1 Chronicles 6:3Amram's children were: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. Aaron's sons were: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- Nehemiah 3:1The leader of the priests, Eliashib, and the other priests built the Sheep Gate. They fixed the doors in it again. They built the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. They dedicated it all to God.
- Nehemiah 13:4Before this happened, I had given Eliashib the priest authority over the temple rooms where they stored special things. Eliashib was a friend of Tobiah.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 12:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The 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) had an interview with Alexander shortly after the battle of Issus.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Joiakim 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.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-4710. Jeshua begat Joiakim, &c.--This enumeration was of great importance, not only as establishing their individual purity of descent, but because the chronology of the Jews was henceforth to be reckoned, not as formerly by the reigns of their kings, but by the successions of their high priests.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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