Meaning
(1) the King James Version "Jeshuah," head of the 9th course of priests, and possibly of "the house of Jeshua" (1Chr 24:11, Ezra 2:36, Neh 7:39).
(2) A Levite of Hezekiah's time (2Ch 31:15).
(3) Son of Jozadak = Joshua the high priest (Ezra 2:2, Ezra 3:2, Ezra 3:8, Ezra 4:3, Ezra 5:2, Ezra 10:18, Neh 7:7, Neh 12:1, Neh 12:7, Neh 12:10, Neh 12:26); see JOSHUA (4) = "Jesus" (Esdras 5:48 and Wisdom of Sirach 49:12).
(4) A man of Pahath-moab, some of whose descendants returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:6, Neh 7:11) = "Jesus" (1 Esdras 58).
(5) Head of a Levitical house which had oversight of the workmen in the temple (Ezra 2:40, Ezra 3:9, Neh 7:43). He is mentioned again in Ne 8:7 as taking part in explaining the Torah to the people, in Ne 9:4 f (compare 12:8) as leading in the worship, and in 10:9 (Hebrew 10) as sealing the covenant; this Jeshua is called son of Azaniah (Ne 10:9). To these references should be added probably Ne 12:24, where commentators read, "Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel" for "Jeshua the son of Kadmiel." Perhaps Jozabad (Ezr 8:33) is a "son" of this same Jeshua; compare Ezr 8:33 = Esdras 8:63, where the King James Version is "Jesu," the Revised Version (British and American) "Jesus." He is the same as Jessue (the King James Version), Jesus (Revised Version) (Esdras 5:26).
(6) Father of Ezer, a repairer of the wall (Ne 3:19).
(7) JOSHUA, son of Nun (Ne 8:17) (which see).
David Francis Roberts
