Nehemiah Chapter 12 verse 11 Holy Bible
and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
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And Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
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and Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.
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And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
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And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
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and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
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and Joiada hath begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan hath begotten Jaddua.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Jonathan, or "Johanan," as the name is given in vers. 22, 23, became high priest about B.C. 380, according to Syncellus and the Paschal Chronicle, and held the office for thirty-two years. Josephus, who calls him "Jannseus" ( = John), says that he murdered his own brother, Jeshua, in the temple, because he was endeavouring to supplant him in the high priesthood through the influence of the Persians. Jaddua is mentioned as high priest at the time of Alexander's entrance into Jerusalem by Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 11:8, ยง 5) and Eusebius ('Chron. Can.,' 2. p. 346). The story of Alexander's having previously seen him in a dream is not generally credited. He is said to been high priest for twenty years, and to have outlived Alexander. LIST OF THE HEADS OF THE PRIESTLY COURSES IN THE TIME OF THE HIGH PRIEST JOIAKIM (Nehemiah 12:12-21). Joiakim must have been contemporary with Xerxes, and consequently have been high priest at the time when the very existence of the Jewish people was threatened by Haman. It is curious that we have no record of his high priesthood, nor of the condition of the Palestinian Jews at the time, beyond the slight hints furnished by this chapter. These hints seem to imply that under him special attention was paid to the formation of lists, especially of the chief priests and Levites, and that the temple service was celebrated with great exactness and regularity (vers. 24-26). The present list is particularly valuable, as enabling us to check that with which the chapter opens, and as establishing the family character of the names whereof that list is made up.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Jonathan.--Should be Johanan (Nehemiah 12:22); and "Jaddua" is most probably the high priest who confronted Alexander the Great.
