Ezra 2:2

2:2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of Israelites ¹  was as follows: ² 

Ezra 3:2

3:2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak ³  and his priestly colleagues ⁴  and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his colleagues ⁵  started to build ⁶  the altar of the God of Israel so they could offer burnt offerings on it as required by ⁷  the law of Moses the man of God.

Ezra 5:2

5:2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began ⁸  to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, supporting them.

Ezra 5:1

Tattenai Appeals to Darius

5:1 Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son ⁹  of Iddo ¹⁰  prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem ¹¹  in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.

Ezra 6:14-15

6:14 The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time ¹²  Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 6:15 They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth ¹³  year of the reign of King Darius.

Nehemiah 12:10

12:10 Jeshua was the father of ¹⁴  Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,

Haggai 1:1

Introduction

1:1 On the first day of the sixth month ¹⁵  of King Darius’ ¹⁶  second year, the Lord spoke this message through the prophet Haggai ¹⁷  to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak: ¹⁸ 

Zechariah 3:1

Vision Four: The Priest

3:1 Next I saw Joshua the high priest ¹⁹  standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan ²⁰  standing at his right hand to accuse him.

¹ tn Heb “men of the people of Israel.”

² tn The words “was as follows” are not in the Hebrew text but are used in the translation for clarity.

³ sn Jozadak (also in 3:8) is a variant spelling of Jehozadak.

⁴ tn Heb “his brothers the priests.”

⁵ tn Heb “his brothers.”

⁶ tn Heb “arose and built.”

⁷ tn Heb “written in.” Cf. v. 4.

⁸ tn Aram “arose and began.” For stylistic reasons this has been translated as a single concept.

⁹ tn Aram “son.” According to Zech 1:1 he was actually the grandson of Iddo.

¹⁰ tn Aram “and Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo the prophet.”

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¹² tn Aram “in” or “by,” in the sense of accompaniment.

¹³ sn The sixth year of the reign of Darius would be ca. 516 B.C.

¹⁴ tn Heb “begat.”

¹⁵ sn The first day of the sixth month was Elul 1 according to the Jewish calendar; August 29, 520 b.c. according to the modern (Julian) calendar.

¹⁶ sn King Darius is the Persian king Darius Hystaspes who ruled from 522-486 b.c.

¹⁷ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet” (בְּיַד־חַגַּי, bÿyad-khaggay). This suggests that the prophet is only an instrument of the Lord; the Lord is to be viewed as the true author (see 1:3; 2:1; Mal 1:1).

¹⁸ tn The typical translation “Joshua (the) son of Jehozadak, the high priest” (cf. ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) can be understood to mean that Jehozadak was high priest. However, Zech 3:1, 8 clearly indicates that Joshua was high priest (see also Ezra 5:1-2; cf. NAB). The same potential misunderstanding occurs in Hag 1:12, 14 and 2:2, where the same solution has been employed in the translation.

¹⁹ sn Joshua the high priest mentioned here is the son of the priest Jehozadak, mentioned also in Hag 1:1 (cf. Ezra 2:2; 3:2, 8; 4:3; 5:2; 10:18; Neh 7:7; 12:1, 7, 10, 26). He also appears to have been the grandfather of the high priest contemporary with Nehemiah ca. 445 b.c. (Neh 12:10).

²⁰ tn The Hebrew term הַשָּׂטָן (hassatan, “the satan”) suggests not so much a personal name (as in almost all English translations) but an epithet, namely, “the adversary.” This evil being is otherwise thus described in Job 1 and 2 and 1 Chr 21:1. In this last passage the article is dropped and “the satan” becomes “Satan,” a personal name.