Abishua
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Abishua (Hebrew: אֲבִישׁוּעַ ʾĂḇīšūaʿ, "my father is rescue") was an early High priest of Israel. Abishua is mentioned in the books 1 Chronicles (6:35) and Ezra (7:5) as the son of the High Priest Phinehas, son of Eleazar. As such, he is the great-grandson of Aaron, the brother of Moses and first High Priest. It is likely that Abishua was a contemporary of the Israelite judge Ehud and the Moabite king Eglon.[1]
According to Josephus and other extrabiblical sources, he succeeded his father as High Priest.[2][citation needed]
Name and namesakes
[edit]- The meaning of the name "Abishua" is uncertain, but may be "the (divine) father is opulence."[3]
- The name also appears in reference to a grandson of Benjamin in 1 Chronicles 8:4.
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References
[edit]- ^ "Topical Bible: Abishua". biblehub.com.
- ^ "Adam to Angell - Genealogy.com". www.genealogy.com. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
- ^ Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica, entry for "Abishua."