Joiada

Joiada was a priest in the line of Jeshua, son of Eliashib and father of Jonathan. Nehemiah records him in two lists of those who served at the temple after the return from exile. The only story attached to the family is a hard one: one of Joiada’s sons had married the daughter of Sanballat, who had opposed Nehemiah’s work, and Nehemiah “chased him from me.” The passages show that even a faithful priestly line could be tested from within. Read the account in Nehemiah 13:28.

4 verses

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 12:10

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

Nehemiah 12:11

And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

Nehemiah 12:22

The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.

Nehemiah 13:28

And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

(whom Jehovah favours) = Jehoiada. (1.) Neh. 3:6. (2.) One of the high priests (12:10, 11, 22).

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.