JESHUA. 1. Called also Jeshuah. A priest, head of the ninth course, 1 Chr. 24:11. Nine hundred and seventy-three of his descendants returned from Babylon, Ezra 2:36; Neh. 7:39. 2. A Levite, had charge of the tithes, 2 Chr. 31:15. His descendants returned with Ezra from Babylon, Ezra 2:40; Neh. 7:43. 3. Called also Joshua. A priest who accompanied Zerubbabel from Babylon, Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7; 12:1. Descendants of, Neh. 12:10. He rebuilt the altar, Ezra 3:2. Rebuilt the temple, Ezra 3:8-13. Contends with those who sought to defeat the rebuilding, Ezra 4:1-3; 5:1,2. 4. Father of Jozabad, Ezra 8:33. 5. Son of Pahath-moab, Ezra 2:6; Neh. 7:11. 6. Father of Ezer, Neh. 3:19. 7. A Levite who explained the law to the people when Ezra read it, Neh. 8:7; 12:8. 8. A Levite who sealed Nehemiah's covenant, Neh. 10:9. 9. A city of Judah, Neh. 11:26. 10. Joshua called, Neh. 8:17. Symbolical: Prophecies concerning, Zech. 3; 6:9-15. See Joshua.