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JADDUA
        1. Successor of Jonathan or Johanan in the high priesthood. The last high priest and the latest name in Old Testament, supposing 1 Chronicles 3:22-24 corrupt. In the reign of the last Persian king Darius and of see ALEXANDER ; when he invaded Judea Jaddua is said to have gone out in priestly robes to meet Alexander, and to have implored his goodwill toward the Jews (Josephus, Ant. 11:8, section 7; Nehemiah 12:11,22). The phrase "Darius the Persian" implies that the Grecian dynasty of Alexander the Great had begun.
        2. Nehemiah 10:21.
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Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'jaddua' Fausset's Bible Dictionary".
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