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Joash (High Priest)

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Joash (Hebrew: יוֹאָשׁ Yō’āš, "Yah is strong") was the fourth High Priest of Solomon's Temple. Josephus wrote that after Azariah his son 'Joram' became the new High Priest.[1] The third name in the High Priest family line of 1 Chr. 5:30–40 (6:4-15 in other translations) is 'Johanan'.

Patrilineal descent
  1. Abraham
  2. Isaac
  3. Jacob
  4. Levi
  5. Kohath
  6. Amram
  7. Aaron
  8. Eleazar
  9. Phinehas
  10. Abishua
  11. Bukki
  12. Uzzi
  13. Zerahiah
  14. Meraioth
  15. Amariah
  16. Ahitub
  17. Zadok
  18. Ahimaaz
  19. Azariah
Israelite religious titles
Preceded by
Azariah
(According to the Seder 'Olam Zutta)
High Priest of Israel Succeeded by
Jehoiarib
(According to the Seder 'Olam Zutta)

Footnotes and references

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  1. ^ Antiquities of the Jews 10:151-153. "Vol IX and X: at the Internet Archive". Retrieved 9 December 2015.