Difference between revisions of "Jeshua"

<p> '''Jesh'ua.''' ''(a saviour).'' Another form of the name of '''Joshua''' or '''Jesus''' . </p> <p> 1. Joshua, the son of Nun. &nbsp;Nehemiah 8:17. ''See '' '''Joshua''' ''.'' </p> <p> 2. [[A]] priest, in the reign of David, to whom the nine course fell by David, to whom the ninth course fell by lot. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:11. [[(B.C.]] 1014). </p> <p> 3. One of the Levites, in the reign of Hezekiah. &nbsp;2 Chronicles 31:15. [[(B.C.]] 726). </p> <p> 4. Son of Jehozadak, first high priest, after the [[Babylonish]] captivity, [[B.C.]] 536. Jeshua was probably born in Babylon, whither his father, Jehozadak, had been taken captive while young. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:15. Authorized Version. He came up from Babylon, in the first year of Cyrus, with Zerubbabel, and took a leading part with him, in the rebuilding of the Temple, and the restoration of the [[Jewish]] commonwealth. The two prophecies concerning him in &nbsp;Zechariah 3:1 and &nbsp;Zechariah 6:9-15, point him out, as an eminent type of '''Christ''' . </p> <p> 5. Head of a Levitical house, one of those which returned from the Babylonish captivity. &nbsp;Ezra 2:40; &nbsp;Ezra 3:9; &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:19; &nbsp;Nehemiah 8:7; &nbsp;Nehemiah 9:4-5; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:8; etc. </p> <p> 6. [[A]] branch of the family of Pahath-moab, one of the chief families, probably, of the tribe of Judah. &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:14; &nbsp;Nehemiah 7:11; etc.; &nbsp;Ezra 10:30. </p> <p> ''(whom [[Jehovah]] helps).'' </p> <p> 7. One of the towns, reinhabited by the people of Judah, after the return from captivity. &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:26. It is not mentioned elsewhere. </p>