- Jaddua
- Known.1) One of the chiefs who subscribed the covenant (Neh. 10:21).2) The last high priest mentioned in the Old Testament (Neh. 12:11, 22), sons of Jonathan.
Easton's Bible Dictionary. M.G. Easton. 1897.
Jaddua
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