Joiada
Joiada served as a high priest during the Persian period, succeeding his father Eliashib.
MalePriestTribe of LeviExile and Return eraOld Testament1 book4 verses
Summary
A high priest from the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Nehemiah 12:10; referred to as Joiada or Jehoiada (יוֹיָדָע); a son of Eliashib; father of Johanan and Joiada's son.
Glossary entries
Family members
- Father
- Children
Alternative names
- יוֹיָדָעJoiada
Mentions
- Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
- Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
- In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
- Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.