Nehemiah 12:11

Nehemiah 12:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
• New International Version (NIV)Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.

Context of Nehemiah 12:11

9Their relatives Bakbukiah and Unno stood across from them in worship. 10Jeshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada. Joiada was the father of Jonathan. Jonathan was the father of Jaddua. 12At the time of Joiakim, these were the priests who were the leaders of their families: From Seraiah, Meraiah; from Jeremiah, Hananiah; 13from Ezra, Meshullam; from Amariah, Jehohanan;

Nehemiah 12:11 word by word

וְיוֹיָדָע֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־יוֹנָתָ֔ן וְיוֹנָתָ֖ן הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־יַדּֽוּעַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Joiadaיוֹיָדָעyôyâdâ‛ · JoiadaH3111
• begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• Jonathanיוֹנָתָןyônâthân · JonathanH3129
• Jadduaיַדּוּעַyaddûa‛ · JadduaH3037

Commentaries on Nehemiah 12:11

• 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. 1111. Jaddua--It is an opinion entertained by many commentators that this person was the high priest whose dignified appearance, solemn manner, and splendid costume overawed and interested so strongly the proud mind of Alexander the Great; and if he were not this person (as some object that this Jaddua was not in office till a considerable period after the death of Nehemiah), it might probably be his father, called by the same name.Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 12:11

• Johanan
• Joiada
• Jonathan
• Nehemiah

In the dictionaries

• Jonathan
• Ezra
• Jaddua
• Nehemiah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Darius
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Genealogy
• Jehohanan
• Joiada

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