Nehemiah 12:10

Jeshua. See on Ezra 2:2. Verses 10, 11 present the genealogy of the high priests from the time of Zerubbabel to the time of the compilation of the book of Nehemiah. The genealogy is probably inserted here as a connecting link between the lists of Levites, to explain the statements concerning the dates of their composition, dates indicated by the names of the respective high priests. The list of vs. 1-9 is from the time of Jeshua, that of vs. 12—21, from that of Joiakim.

Joiakim. Mentioned only here and in vs. 12, 26. Since he was high priest between Jeshua, who was still living under Darius 1 (Ezra 5:2), and Eliashib, the high priest in Nehemiah’s time (Neh. 3:1; 13:4; etc.), Joiakim seems to have officiated as high priest during the latter part of the reign of Darius 1 and under Xerxes, perhaps down to the early years of Artaxerxes I.

Eliashib. The officiating high priest in Nehemiah’s time (see on ch. 3:1).