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Jehozadak

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(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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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Jehozadak'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​j/jehozadak.html. 1991.
 
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