People of the Bible › Jeshua
Jeshua יֵשׁוּעַ
Returned leader. Jeshua was a prominent Levite leader who played a significant role in the restoration of Jerusalem and the temple after the Babylonian exile.
Family
| Father | Azaniah |
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Where Jeshua appears
Key verses
- Ezra 2:40 first mention — The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
- Ezra 3:9 — Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
- Nehemiah 7:43 — The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
- Nehemiah 8:7 — Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
- Nehemiah 9:4 — Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
- Nehemiah 9:5 — Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Nehemiah 10:9 — And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
- Nehemiah 12:8 — Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.