Abishua
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Abishua (Template:Lang-he-n ’Ăḇîšūa‘, "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. (Melchizedek is the 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] High priests were Melchizedk, Aaron, Elijah and Joshua/Yeshua/Jesus ... There is a difference, God appointed these individuals and not mankind.
Name and namesakes
- 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.
References
- ^ "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."
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