Abishua

A 1493 depiction of Abishua from the Nuremberg Chronicles by Hartmann Schedel

Abishua (Hebrew: אֲבִישׁוּעַ 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 and first High Priest. It is likely that Abishua was a contemporary of the Israelite judge Ehud and the Moabite king Eglon.[1]

According to Josephus and other extrabiblical sources, he succeeded his father as High Priest (Antiquities 5.11.5; 8.1.3).[2]

  1. ^ "Topical Bible: Abishua". biblehub.com.
  2. ^ "Adam to Angell - Genealogy.com". www.genealogy.com. Retrieved 2017-12-12.