About Abishua
Abishua was a priest.
Abishua ( ʾĂḇīšūaʿ, "my father is rescue") was an early High priest of Israel. Abishua is mentioned in the books 1 Chronicles (6:3-5) and Ezra (7:5) as the son of the High Priest Phinehas, son of Eleazar. As such, he is the great-grandson of Aaron, the brother of Moses, Israel's first High Priest. It is likely that Abishua was a contemporary of the Israelite judge Ehud and the Moabite king Eglon.
According to Josephus and other extrabiblical sources, he succeeded his father as High Priest (Antiquities 5.11.5; 8.1.3).
Name and namesakes The meaning of the name "Abishua" is uncertain, but may be "the (divine) father is opulence." The name also appears in reference to a grandson of Benjamin in 1 Chronicles 8:4.
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High Priest of Israel who succeeded his father Phinehas
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