Jeshua
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
(1.) Head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chronicles 24:11). (2.) A Levite appointed by Hezekiah to distribute offerings in the priestly cities (2 Chronicles 31:15). (3.) Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 7:11. (4.) Ezra 2:40; Nehemiah 7:43. (5.) The son of Jozadak, and high priest of the Jews under Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:7; 12:1, 7, 10, 26); called Joshua (Hag. 1:1, 12; 2:2, 4; Zechariah 3:1, 3, 6, 8, 9). (6.) A Levite (Ezra 8:33). (7.) Nehemiah 3:19. (8.) A Levite who assisted in the reformation under Nehemiah (8:7; 9:4, 5). (9.) Son of Kadmiel (Nehemiah 12:24). (10.) A city of Judah (Nehemiah 11:26). (11.) Nehemiah 8:17; Joshua, the son of Nun.
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.
jesh'-u-a, je-shu'-a (yeshua`): A place occupied by the children of Judah after their return from captivity (Ne 11:26), evidently, from the places named with it, in the extreme South of Judah. It may correspond with the Shema of Jos 15:26, and possibly to the Sheba of 19:2. The site may be Khirbet Sa`weh, a ruin upon a prominent hill, Tell es Sa`weh, 12 miles East-Northeast of Beersheba. The hill is surrounded by a wall of large blocks of stone. PEF, III, 409-10, Sh XXV.