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Jehozadak

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jehoz'adak. (Jehovah justifies). Usually called Jozadak or Josedech. He was the son of the high priest, Seraiah. 1 Chronicles 6:14-15. When his father was slain at Riblah, by order of Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Kings 25:18; 2 Kings 25:21, Jehozadak was led away captive to Babylon. 1 Chronicles 6:15. (B.C. 588). He himself never attained the high priesthood, but he was the father of Jeshua, the high priest, and of all his successors, till the pontificate of Alcimus. Ezra 3:2; Nehemiah 12:26, etc.

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Jehozadak'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​j/jehozadak.html. 1901.