Person Old Testament
Joseph
Joseph was the head of the priestly family of Shebaniah during the high priesthood of Joiakim. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 12:14.
Why it matters. Head of the priestly family of Shebaniah
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Joseph
Joseph is mentioned in Neh.12.14 as the head of the priestly family of Shebaniah during the days of Joiakim, the high priest. This was during the post-exilic period in Jerusalem, likely in the 5th century BC. The priests were organized into divisions or families, each with a designated leader. Nehemiah 12 lists the heads of priestly families in the generation following the return from Babylonian exile under Jeshua (Neh.12.1-7) and then during the time of Joiakim (Neh.12.12-21).
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)