JADDUA jă’ dŏŏ ə (יַדּֽוּעַ, known). 1. One of the Israelite princes who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah after the return from the Babylonian captivity (Neh 10:21). The covenant signified the willingness of the people to abide by the Law of God.

2. One of the high priests who returned from the Exile in the contingent led by Zerubbabel (Neh 12:11). He was the son of Jonathan and was high priest during the reign of Darius the Persian. He is prob. the high priest to whom Josephus refers in his account of the entry of Alexander the Great into Jerusalem (Jos. Antiq. XI. viii. 2).