Joiakim ben Joshua
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Joiakim ben Joshua was the Jewish High Priest, from 490 BCE to 470 BCE.
Overview
Joiakim, son of Joshua ben Jehozadak, was a member of the House of Zadok. He ruled as High Priest, from 490 BCE (after his father Joshua ben Jehozadak), to 470 BCE (followed by his son Eliashib).
Joiakim in ancient sources
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities
Ant XI 5:1 -- Upon the death of Darius, Xerxes his son took the kingdom... Now about this time a son of Jeshua, whose name was Joachim, was the high priest...
Ant XI 5:5 -- Esdras... died an old man, and was buried in a magnificent manner at Jerusalem. About the same time it happened also that Joachim, the high priest, died; and his son Eliashib succeeded in the high priesthood.