Nehemiah 12:11

Jaddua— This was the person who went in his pontifical habit to meet Alexander the Great, as he was advancing towards Jerusalem, after the conquest of Tyre and Gaza. See the note on Exodus 28:2.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Nehemiah 12:10 .
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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
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Nehemiah 12:11

¹¹ And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 12:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 12:11