New King James Version
Nehemiah 12:10
10Jeshua begot Joiakim, Joiakim begot Eliashib, Eliashib begot 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 Living Translation (NLT)Jeshua the high priest was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada.
Context of Nehemiah 12:10
8Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who led the thanksgiving psalms, he and his brethren. 9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, stood across from them in their duties. Jeshua begot Joiakim, Joiakim begot Eliashib, Eliashib begot Joiada, 11Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua. 12Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of the fathers’ houses were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
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וְיֵשׁ֖וּעַ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־יֽוֹיָקִ֑ים וְיֽוֹיָקִים֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־אֶלְיָשִׁ֔יב וְאֶלְיָשִׁ֖יב אֶת־יוֹיָדָֽע׃Read the interlinear
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People and places in Nehemiah 12:10
Cross-references for Nehemiah 12:10
- Nehemiah 12:26These lived in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
- 1 Chronicles 6:3The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Nehemiah 3:1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built as far as the Tower of the Hundred, and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 13:4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, having authority over the storerooms of the house of our God, was allied with 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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