Bible Topics for Kids
JESHUA, 3. Also called JOSHUA
Ezra 4:1-3
1. Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to The LORD, the God of Israel;
2. they came near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' households, and said to them, "Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we have been sacrificing to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here."
3. But Zerubbabel, and JESHUA, and the rest of the heads of fathers' households of Israel, said to them, "You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to The LORD, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us."
Ezra 5:1-2
1. Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem. They prophesied to them in the name of the God of Israel.
2. Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and JESHUA the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build God's house which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.