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Joiada
(whom Jehovah favours) = Jehoiada. (1.) Neh 3:6. (2.) One of the high priests (Neh 12:10, Neh 12:11, Neh 12:22).
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- Nehemiah 12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
- 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.
- Nehemiah 13:28 And 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.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.