Bible Dictionary · J
Jaddua
Known. (1.) One of the chiefs who subscribed the covenant (Neh 10:21).
(2.) The last high priest mentioned in the Old Testament (Neh 12:11, Neh 12:22), sons of Jonathan.
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Nehemiah 10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
- Nehemiah 12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
- Nehemiah 12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.