Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Nehemiah 12:11 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 11. 11And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
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Quick Meaning
This verse extends the succession from Joiada through Jonathan to Jaddua.
Read It With
- Nehemiah 12:10–12:11
Read Nehemiah 12:10–12:11 together. This verse extends the succession from Joiada through Jonathan to Jaddua. Read Nehemiah 12:10–12:11 as one complete scene: The genealogy runs from Jeshua through Joiakim, Eliashib, Joiada, Jonathan, and Jaddua.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Six father-son succession notices form a compact chronological bridge within the archival material. Its placement advances the book. The line extends the book's archival horizon beyond the first generation and contributes to questions about later compilation. Within that movement, this verse extends the succession from Joiada through Jonathan to Jaddua.
Read Nehemiah 12:10–11 together
Why these verses belong together: Six father-son succession notices form a compact chronological bridge within the archival material.
Verse 10. 10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
Verse 11. 11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
What Remains True
Within Nehemiah 12:10–12:11, Nehemiah 12:11 extends the succession from Joiada through Jonathan to Jaddua. Later records can preserve genuine continuity without erasing uncertainty about when a final collection was shaped.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Nehemiah 12:11, attend to how the verse extends the succession from Joiada through Jonathan to Jaddua. Date each record by its own evidence and avoid forcing the whole archive into one moment.
Continue in Context
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Read Nehemiah 12:10–12:11 — A high-priestly succession extends beyond NehemiahSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Nehemiah 12:10–12:11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Nehemiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, repeated roots, Persian titles, names, and translation controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Neh.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 12:10–12:11
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Nehemiah with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded KJV comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, literary, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence in the notes is not treated as positive evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Nehemiah PDF, printed pp. 778–779, translation text and any translator notes printed for 12:10–12:11
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