Joiada
Joiada served as a high priest during the Persian period, succeeding his father Eliashib.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
(whom Jehovah favours) = Jehoiada. (1.) Neh. 3:6. (2.) One of the high priests (12:10, 11, 22).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Eliashib
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First named at Nehemiah 12:10.
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Verses that name Joiada
- Nehemiah 12:10 Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
- Nehemiah 12:11 Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
- Nehemiah 12:22 In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
- 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.