Jeshua; not the high priest so called, but a Levite, of whom see Ezra 2:40. To set forward the workmen; by their presence and favour to encourage them to a cheerful and vigorous prosecution of the work.
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Ezra 3:9
9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah,e together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.