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Jaddua
Holman Bible Dictionary
(jad' dyoo uh) Personal name meaning, “well-known.” 1. Levite who placed his seal on Nehemiah's covenant (Nehemiah 10:22 ). 2 . A high priest, probably at the end of the Persian period when Alexander the Great approached Jerusalem about 333 B.C. (Nehemiah 12:11 ,Nehemiah 12:11,12:22 ).
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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Jaddua'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/j/jaddua.html. 1991.