Head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chr. 24:11).
Father:Jozadak
- 1Chr.24: The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
- Ezra.2: The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
- Ezra.10: And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
- Neh.7: The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.