Jehozadak

JEHOZADAK je-hoz'-a-dak (yehotsadhaq, "Yahweh is righteous"):

Priest at the time of the captivity under Nebuchadrezzar (1 Chronicles 6:14,15. He was the father of Joshua (Jeshua) the priest (Haggai 1:1,12,14; 2:2,4; Zechariah 6:11). the King James Version has Josedech in Hag and Zec. Same as "Jozadak" (yotsadhaq, same meaning) in Ezra 3:2,8; 5:2; 10:18; Nehemiah 12:26; and = "Josedek" (King James Version "Josedec") of 1 Esdras 5:5,48,56; 6:2; 9:19; Sirach 49:12.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JEHOZADAK'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.