Joiada

But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.

How could you ever think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God by marrying foreign women? One of Judah's sons, Joiada, son of Elishab, the high priest, had married a daughter of Sanballat, the Horonite.

So I banished him from my presence.

Remember them, O my God, for they have defiled the priesthood and the solemn vows of the priests and Levites.

Joiakim was the father of Eliashib.

Eliashib was the father of Joiada.

Joiada was the father of Johanan.

Johanan was the father of Jaddua.

Now when Joiakim was high priest, the family leaders of the priests were as follows: Meraiiah was leader of the family of Seraiah.

Hashabiah was the leader of the family of Hilkiah.

Nethanel was the leader of the family of Jedaiah.

[laughs] A record of the Levite families was kept during the years when Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua served as high priests.

And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their lord.

Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the gate of Yeshena.

They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts and its bars.

And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of the governor of the province beyond the river.

And Bakbukiah and Unno their brethren stood opposite them in the service.

And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada, Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua.

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ houses; also the priests until the reign of Darius the Persian.

The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ houses, were written in the book of the chronicles until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch corresponding to watch.

Government was entrusted by these Gentile sovereigns to the high priest, who previously was but a religious leader.

In Nehemiah chapter 12 verses 10, 11, and 22, we have the high priestly line traced down from Jeshua, or Joshua, who came up from Babylon with Zerubbabel at the first return and is the one described in Zechariah's vision, chapter 3, through Joakim, Eliashib, Joiada, and Jonathan to Jadua, the latest historical character mentioned in the Old Testament.

Eliashib succeeded to the high priesthood during the lifetime of Nehemiah, and it was his grandson, Joiada's son, whom the Tirshatha indignantly chased from him because of his unhallowed alliance by marriage with the house of Sambalat, the Heronite, Nehemiah chapter 13 verse 28.

One tradition credits the closing of the canon of Old Testament to the days of Eliashib, before the death of Ezra.

The great synagogue was supposed to have been presided over by this venerable servant of God, Ezra, and he is generally considered to have largely edited the books and arranged the Psalms in the order in which they are found in the Hebrew Bible.

Some have thought to identify him with Malachi, supposing the title Malachi to be an untranslated word simply meaning my messenger or messenger of Jehovah, but this seems unlikely, as Malachi apparently portrays a later stage of declension.

He may have prophesied in the days of Joiada or Jonathan.

It is more than likely that another tradition, which gives Simon the Just the credit of settling authoritatively the limits of the canon, is the correct one.

But their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.

Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Gate of Yeshana.

They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of the governor of the province beyond the River.

And then down in verse eight, it begins listing, uh, the Levites and on and on, and there are a lot of them.

And it talks about in verse twenty-two that, "In the days of Eliashib, Joiada," and on and on and on and on, "the Levites were recorded as heads of fathers' houses.

So too were the priests during the reign of Darius, uh, the Persian," which is, uh, speaking of Darius the King of Persia.

Verse twenty-three, "As for the sons of Levi, their heads of fathers' houses were written in the book of the chronicles until the days of Johanan the sons of Eliashib.

And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their lord.

And Joiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah, repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, who were under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province Beyond the River.

Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired.

No, never mind.

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

It

says they were recorded in the reign of Darius the Persian.

Verse 6.

He says, Moreover, Jehoiada the son of Pesah and Meshulam the son of Bezodiah repaired the old gate and they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars.

Very interesting door.

Because we start at the cross of Jesus Christ, atonement, redemption for our sins, and then we go to the fish gate and we start sharing the Lord with people.