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

9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in their service divisions. 10Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada, and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua. 12Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of fathers’ households were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 13of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

Nehemiah 12:11 word by word

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

• and Joiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehôyâdâ‛ · JehoiadaH3077
• becameיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• of Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehônâthân · JonathanH3083
• of 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