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JESHUA

(Heb. yēšûa{)

(PERSON)

(also JOSHUA)

Aramaic form of the name Joshua (cf. Neh. 8:17), “Yahweh is my savior,” a common name of the Second Temple period.

1. The head of the ninth division of levitical priests in the Solomonic temple (1 Chr. 24:11).

2. A priest from the time of Hezekiah who aided in the distribution of the Levites’ portion of the offerings (2 Chr. 31:15).

3. The son of Jehozadak, a priest who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7; 12:1) to rebuild the temple (Ezra 3:2, 8, 9; 4:3; 5:2). He is called Joshua (4), the high priest, in Hag. 1:1, 12; 2:2, 4; Zech. 3:1, 8; 6:11. During the temple restoration Jeshua was overshadowed by Zerubbabel, though he is mentioned ahead of Zerubbabel in connection with the restoration of the altar. With the reestablishment of the temple and the priesthood and in the absence of a king, Jeshua rose to prominence. Zech. 3 describes the prophet’s vision of the cleansing and ordination of Jeshua (cf. 6:10-15), and many interpreters (perhaps incorrectly) think 4:14 alludes to Jeshua and Zerubbabel.

4. The name of a nonpriestly clan of Pahath-moab counted among those returning from the Exile (Ezra 2:6 = Neh. 7:11).

5. A levitical house or clan among the returnees (Ezra 2:40 = Neh. 7:43; 12:8, 24).

6. Alternate form of Joshua son of Nun (Ezra 8:17).

7. Father of the Levite Jozabad, who helped weigh the treasures returned to the Jerusalem temple (Ezra 8:33).

8. A man from Mizpah, whose son Ezer rebuilt a section of the wall (Neh. 3:19).

9. A levitical singer (Neh. 12:8, 10) who signed the covenant to disassociate himself from foreigners (9:4-5; 10:9[MT 10]) and who translated the law into Aramaic for Ezra (Neh. 8:7).

10. The son of Kadmiel, a leader of the Levites at the time of the priest Joiakim (Neh. 12:24).

Paul L. Redditt

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JESHUA

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)