Jeshua
“Jehovah is salvation (same as Joshua and Jesus)”
Summary
A variant form of Joshua, borne by several Old Testament figures including the high priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel.
☩The High Priest
The most notable Jeshua was the son of Jozadak (Jehozadak), the high priest who returned from Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel around 536 BC. He led the restoration of altar worship and Temple service (Ezra 3:2-8). Jeshua and Zerubbabel began rebuilding the Temple but were opposed by adversaries (Ezra 4:1-3). The prophets Haggai and Zechariah encouraged them to resume the work (Ezra 5:1-2), and the Temple was completed in 516 BC (Ezra 6:15). In Zechariah's visions, Joshua the high priest is shown being accused by Satan but defended and clothed with clean garments (Zechariah 3:1-10).
☩Other Persons Named Jeshua
Other men bore this name: a head of the ninth division of priests in David's time (1 Chronicles 24:11); a Levite in Hezekiah's time (2 Chronicles 31:15); a Levite who helped Ezra teach the Law (Nehemiah 8:7); a town of Judah repopulated after the exile (Nehemiah 11:26); and the father of Ezer who repaired part of Jerusalem's wall (Nehemiah 3:19).
