Jeshua: Not Jeshua the high-priest, before mentioned, but another Jeshua, a Levite, mentioned in the parallel passage. Ezr 2:40 Judah: Hodaviah, הודויה [Strong's H1938], is called Hodevah, הודוה [Strong's H1937], by the elision of י, yood, and was probably named Judah, from the word having the same signification. Ezr 2:40, Hodaviah, Neh 7:43, Hodevah together: Heb. as one Reciprocal: Ezr 2:2 - Jeshua Ezr 2:36 - Jeshua Neh 7:7 - Jeshua