Bible Strands
Nehemiah 12:10
Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text records a priestly lineage during the post-exilic reorganization of Jerusalem’s worship. It functions as a historical bridge between the rebuilding efforts of the gates and the liturgical duties of the restored community.
The words — הוֹלִיד (ho.Lid) translates literally as “he fathered,” marking each generational link in the supplied sequence. The particle אֶת־ ('et-) simply marks the direct object of this fathering action.
The thread — This lineage connects to the high priest Eliashib rebuilding the Sheep Gate (Nehemiah 3:1) and serves the community alongside Nehemiah and Ezra (Nehemiah 12:26). It extends the Aaronic priestly line documented in 1 Chronicles 6:3.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to verify the documented continuity of priestly succession before accepting any claimed authority. The text demands recognition that leadership legitimacy rests on recorded lineage rather than personal appointment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 6:3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Nehemiah 3:1 At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
- Nehemiah 12:26 They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.
- Nehemiah 13:4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God
- Nehemiah 13:7 to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
- Nehemiah 13:28 Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.