And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
Parallel translations
- WEB Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
- BSB Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
- NKJV Jeshua begot Joiakim, Joiakim begot Eliashib, Eliashib begot Joiada,
- NASB Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, Eliashib fathered Joiada,
- NLT Jeshua the high priest was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada.
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Quick answer
This traces the high-priestly line from Jeshua through Joiakim, Eliashib, and Joiada. It records the succession of high priests after the exile.
Overview
The genealogy of the high priests preserves the continuity of the office across generations of the restoration. Eliashib would serve in Nehemiah's own day (Nehemiah 3:1; 13:4). This unbroken succession maintained the priestly mediation by which Israel approached God — a ministry that finds its fulfillment and end in Christ, the permanent High Priest (Hebrews 7:23-25).
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- Neh 13:4And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
- Neh 3:1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
- Neh 12:26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
- Neh 13:28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
- Neh 13:7And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
- 1 Chr 6:3–15And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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