Verse 14
"And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of Jehovah."
We are surprised here by the names apparently being changed from those mentioned in Zechariah 6:9; but we refuse to find any problem here. Any of those mentioned could have borne two or more names; and as Baldwin suggested, "It may be that Heldai preferred to use his more dignified name for official purposes; or the names could have been interchangeable."[29]
"The crowns shall be... for a memorial in the temple ..." Note that Joshua did not wear the crown. His coronation was a brief, symbolical act only. The crown never any more pertained to him; and it did not even remain in his possession.
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