Abishua

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

Abishua (Template:Langx 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

According to Josephus and other extrabiblical sources, he succeeded his father as High Priest (Antiquities 5.11.5; 8.1.3).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Name and namesakes

• The meaning of the name "Abishua" is uncertain, but may be "the (divine) father is opulence."<ref>Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica, entry for "Abishua."</ref>
• The name also appears in reference to a grandson of Benjamin in 1 Chronicles 8:4.