Bible Person
Meaning: same as Joshua · Male · 4 cross references
This Jeshua entry refers to the priestly order or house preserved in Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, not Jeshua son of Jozadak. It belongs to the priestly continuity spanning temple order and post-exilic restoration. First appears in 1 Chr 24:11.1
AI summary: This Jeshua matters because the cross references tie the name to priestly courses, returnee records, and post-exilic covenant repair. Its persistence across those settings shows how the restored community rebuilt worship through known houses and inherited service. The significance is institutional rather than dramatic. Taken together, the material presents this Jeshua as a priestly house within the continuity of restored temple life.1
Central Figure
Jeshua
Meaning: same as Joshua
Head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chr.
Head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chr. 24:11). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.