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Jehozadak
Holman Bible Dictionary
(jih hahz' uh dak) Personal name meaning, “Yahweh deals righteously.” 1. High priest at the time Nebuchadnezzar carried Judah into Babylonian Exile about 587 B.C. (1 Chronicles 6:14-15 ). He was the father of Joshua, the high priest who returned from Exile with Zerubbabel about 537 B.C. (Haggai 1:1; Zechariah 6:11 ). An abbreviated Hebrew form Jozadak also appears, and English translations are inconsistent in spelling the name. See Jozadak; Josedech .
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Jehozadak'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/j/jehozadak.html. 1991.