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Jehozadak

Jehozadak (or Jozadak) was the father of Joshua, the high priest who returned from the Babylonian exile and helped rebuild the temple.

The name Jehozadak means “justice of the Lord”

MaleHigh PriestTribe of LeviExile and Return eraOld Testament5 books12 verses

Summary

A high priest from the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1 Chronicles 6:14; referred to as Jehozadak (יְהוֹצָדָק) or Jozadak (יוֹצָדָק, Aramiac יוֹצָדָק); son of Seraiah; a brother of Ezra; father of Joshua.

Glossary entries

Jehozadak Josedech Jozadak

Family members

Father

Seraiah

Siblings

Ezra

Children

Joshua

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:14יְהוֹצָדָק · Jehozadak
    Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:15יְהוֹצָדָק · Jehozadak
    Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
  3. Ezra 3:2יוֹצָדָק · Jozadak
    Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
  4. Ezra 3:8יוֹצָדָק · Jozadak
    In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
  5. Ezra 5:2יוֹצָדָק · Jozadak
    Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
  6. Nehemiah 12:26יוֹצָדָק · Jozadak
    They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.
  7. Haggai 1:1יְהוֹצָדָק · Jehozadak
    In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
  8. Haggai 1:12יְהוֹצָדָק · Jehozadak
    Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.
  9. Haggai 1:14יְהוֹצָדָק · Jehozadak
    So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
  10. Haggai 2:2יְהוֹצָדָק · Jehozadak
    “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,
  11. Haggai 2:4יְהוֹצָדָק · Jehozadak
    But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.
  12. Zechariah 6:11יְהוֹצָדָק · Jehozadak
    Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.