Nehemiah 12 · Verse 11

Nehemiah 12:11

And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

Nehemiah 12:11, King James Version

Nehemiah 12:11 in other translations

BSB	Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
WEB	and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
ASV	and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
YLT	and Joiada hath begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan hath begotten Jaddua.
DARBY	and Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.
BBE	And Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
Webster	And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

What does Nehemiah 12:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. Jaddua--It is an opinion entertained by many commentators that this person was the high priest whose dignified appearance, solemn manner, and splendid costume overawed and interested so strongly the proud mind of Alexander the Great; and if he were not this person (as some object that this Jaddua was not in office till a considerable period after the death of Nehemiah), it might probably be his father, called by the same name.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 12:1-26

It is a debt we owe to faithful ministers, to remember our guides, who have spoken to us the word of God. It is good to know what our godly predecessors were, that we may learn what we should be.

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Nehemiah 12:11 in the original Hebrew

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וְיוֹיָדָע֙ve.yo.ya.Da'and JoiadaH3111

הוֹלִ֣ידho.Lidhe fatheredH3205

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

יוֹנָתָ֔ןyo.na.TanJonathanH3129

וְיוֹנָתָ֖ןve.yo.na.Tanand JonathanH3129

הוֹלִ֥ידho.Lidhe fatheredH3205

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

יַדּֽוּעַ\׃ya.Du.a'JadduaH3037

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jonathan.Jaddua is supposed to be Jaddus the high priest, who went in his pontifical robes to meet Alexander the Great, when advancing to destroy Jerusalem; who was so struck with his appearance, that he forbore all hostilities, and granted many privileges to the Jews. According to Eusebius, he was high priest from A.M. 3665 to 3982.
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Context

Nehemiah 12:10
And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
Nehemiah 12:11
And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
Nehemiah 12:12
And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

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Nehemiah 12:11 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y Joiada engendró á Jonathán, y Jonathán engendró á Jaddua.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et Joïada engendra Jonathan, et Jonathan engendra Jaddua.
German Elberfelder 1871	und Jojada zeugte Jonathan, und Jonathan zeugte Jaddua.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	et Jojada genuit Jonathan, et Jonathan genuit Jeddoa.