Nehemiah 12:11

Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.

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KJV

And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

ASV

and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

YLT

and Joiada hath begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan hath begotten Jaddua.

DBT

and Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.

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PersonEarly monarchyJonathanSon of King Saul who climbed a cliff to rout a garrison on the conviction that nothing restrains Jehovah; cut a covenant of steadf…

About this book

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Nehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
Date: Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC

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