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Jeshua / Jeshuah

This was the name of 10 biblical men and a city.

  1. head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chr. 24:11)

  2. a Levite appointed by Hezekiah to distribute offerings in the priestly cities (2 Chr. 31:15)

  3. a descendant of Pahathmoab who went out of the Captivity (Ezra 2:6; Neh. 7:11)

  4. a Levite (Ezra 2:40; Neh. 7:43)

  5. the son of Jozadak, and high priest of the Jews under Zerubbabel (Neh. 7:7; 12:1, 7, 10, 26); called Joshua (Hag. 1:1, 12; 2:2, 4; Zech. 3:1, 3, 6, 8-9)

  6. a Levite with a son named Jozabad (Ezra 8:33)

  7. the father of Ezer (Neh. 3:19)

  8. a Levite who assisted in the reformation under Nehemiah (8:7; 9:4-5)

  9. son of Kadmiel (Neh. 12:24)

  10. a city or village of Judah (Neh. 11:26)

  11. Joshua, the son of Nun (Neh. 8:17)