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Bible Dictionaries
Jozabad
Smith's Bible Dictionary
or Joz'abad. (Jehovah justifies).
1. A captain of the thousands of Manasseh, who deserted to David before the battle of Gilboa. 1 Chronicles 12:20. (B.C. 1053).
2. A hero of Manasseh, like Jozabad, 1. 1 Chronicles 12:20.
3. A Levite, in the reign of Hezekiah. 2 Chronicles 31:13. (B.C. 726).
4. A chief Levite, in the reign of Josiah. 2 Chronicles 35:9.
5. A Levite, son of Jeshua, in the days of Ezra. Ezra 8:33. (B.C. 459). Probably identical with Jozabad, 7.
6. A priest, of the sons of Pashur, who had married a foreign wife. Ezra 10:22.
7. A Levite, among those who returned with Ezra, and had married foreign wives. He is probably identical with Jozabad, the Levite, Nehemiah 8:7, and with Jozabad, who presided over the outer work of the Temple. Nehemiah 11:16. (B.C. 459).
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Jozabad'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/j/jozabad.html. 1901.
