Joshua the High Priest

thumb|Joshua the High Priest Joshua the son of Jehozadak (sometimes called Jeshua) was the first High Priest during the reconstruction of the Jewish Temple after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity (Zechariah 6:9–14 and Ezra 3). Quotes about How can we find suitable words to praise Zerubbabel, | who was like a signet ring on the right hand? | So too was Jeshua, the son of Jozadak; | in their days they rebuilt the house | and raised a temple holy to the Lord, | destined for everlasting glory. Book of Sirach 49:11-12 NCB. Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says the Lord; ‘and be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,’ says the Lord, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you; do not fear!’ Book of Haggai 2:4-5 NKJV. Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him; and the people feared the presence of the Lord. [...] So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius. Haggai 1:12;14-15 NKJV. External links Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths Category:People from the Bible Category:High priests of Israel