Jeshua; Jeshuah
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
jesh ´- ū́ - a ; je - shū ´- a ( ישׁוּע , yēshūa‛ , "Yahweh is deliverance" or "opulence"; compare Joshua ):
(1) The King James Version "Jeshuah," head of the 9th course of priests, and possibly of "the house of Jeshua" ( 1 Chronicles 24:11; Ezra 2:36; Nehemiah 7:39 ).
(2) A L evite of Hezekiah's time ( 2 Chronicles 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; Nehemiah 7:7; Nehemiah 12:1 , Nehemiah 12:7 , Nehemiah 12:10 , Nehemiah 12:26 ); see Joshua (4) = "Jesus" (1 Esdras 5:48 and Sirach 49:12).
(4) A man of Pahath-moab, some of whose descendants returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 7:11 ) = "Jesus" (1 Esdras 5:48).
(5) Head of a Levitical house which had oversight of the workmen in the temple ( Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 7:43 ). He is mentioned again in Nehemiah 8:7 as taking part in explaining the Torah to the people, in Nehemiah 9:4 f (compare Nehemiah 12:8 ) as leading in the worship, and in Nehemiah 10:9 (Hebrew 10) as sealing the covenant; this Jeshua is called son of Azaniah ( Nehemiah 10:9 ). To these references should be added probably Nehemiah 12:24 , where commentators read, "Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel" for "Jeshua the son of Kadmiel." Perhaps Jozabad ( Ezra 8:33 ) is a "son" of this same Jeshua; compare Ezra 8:33 = 1 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) (1 Esdras 5:26).
(6) Father of Ezer, a repairer of the wall ( Nehemiah 3:19 ).
(7) Joshua , son of Nun ( Nehemiah 8:17 ) (which see).
