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Jehozadak
Jehovah-justified, the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian exile (1 Chr 6:14, 1 Chr 6:15). He was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, and probably died in Babylon. He was the father of Jeshua, or Joshua, who returned with Zerubbabel.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
- 1 Chronicles 6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
