Jeshua #1, A Levite
(Ezer, Jozabad and Jedaiah) of Jeshua (high priest and ruler of Mizpah) of Jozadak of... Hodaviah/Hodevah of … of Aaron (& Elisheba) of Amram (& Jochebed) of Kohath of Levi of Jacob Israel (& Leah) of Isaac (& Rebekah) of Abraham (& Sarah) of Terah of Nahor of Serug of Reu of Peleg of Eber of Salah of Arphaxad of Shem of Noah of Lamech of Methuselah of Enoch of Jared of Mahalaleel of Cainan of Enos of Seth of Adam (& Eve) of The Creator. (Exodus 6) (Genesis 35) (1 Chronicles 24) (Ezra 2:36, 40) (Ezra 3:2) Ezra 8:33)(Nehemiah 3, 7) In addition to the three children above, Jeshua has the following descendants:Jaddua of Jonathan of Joiada of Eliashib of Joiakim of Jeshua of Jozadak...of Levi. (Nehemiah 12) Jeshua's descendants are among the children of the city of Pahathmoab. (Ezra 2) Jeshua was the name of a village in Judah. (Nehemiah 11:25-26) From One Kinspeople To Another Jeshua was one of the people who had been exiled, carried off to Babel by King Nebuchadnezzar.
Cyrus, King of Persia freed Israelites who were exiled to Babelon. Cyrus was told to free the Israelites and have them build a house of God. These things were prophesied by Jeremiah.
When Jeshua and all the others were returned from exile, Jeshua returned to his own city in Judah. (Ezra 2) The Israelites went from Babelonian rule to Persian rule. At a minimum, the Israelites remained under Persian rule during the reigns of Cyrus, Darius, Ahasuerus and Artaxerxes. (Ezra 4) (2 Chronicles 36) (Ezra 1)
Jeshua #2, A Levite
Jeshua of Azaniah... of Levi. (Nehemiah 10)Jeshua #3, A Josephite
Jeshua, son of Nun of Joseph of Jacob Israel. (Nehemiah 8) CJB Words Become KJV Words:H:Yeshua becomes Jeshua (29 times)
H:Yeshua becomes Jeshuah (1) 1 Chronicles 24:11 H is Hebrew/CJB. KJV is the version when none indicated.
