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Jeshua
the name means he will save Strong's Lexicon
Jeshua was the head of a priestly family that returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
(1.) Head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chr. 24:11).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Jozadak
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at 1 Chronicles 24:11.
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Verses that name Jeshua
- 1 Chronicles 24:11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
- Ezra 2:36 The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
- Ezra 10:18 Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
- Nehemiah 7:39 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;