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He is primarily recognized as the father of Jeshua (Joshua) the high priest, who played a crucial role in the rebuilding of the Temple after the Babylonian exile.<br><br><b>Lineage and Historical Context</b><br><br>Jehozadak was the son of Seraiah, the last high priest before the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem. His lineage is traced back to Aaron, the brother of Moses, establishing his rightful place in the priestly line. This is confirmed in <a href="/1_chronicles/6-14.htm">1 Chronicles 6:14-15</a> : "Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak. Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar."<br><br>The historical context of Jehozadak's life is marked by the Babylonian exile, a period of great upheaval and transformation for the people of Judah. The exile began in 586 BC when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple, leading to the deportation of many Israelites, including Jehozadak.<br><br><b>Role and Significance</b><br><br>Although Jehozadak himself did not serve as high priest due to the exile, his significance is largely derived from his son, Jeshua, who became the first high priest after the return from Babylonian captivity. Jeshua's leadership was instrumental in the spiritual and physical restoration of the Jewish community, as he worked alongside Zerubbabel to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.<br><br>Jehozadak's mention in the genealogies underscores the continuity of the priestly line despite the disruption caused by the exile. His name, meaning "Yahweh is righteous," reflects the enduring faith and hope of the Israelites during a time of national crisis.<br><br><b>Biblical References</b><br><br>Jehozadak is mentioned in several key passages that highlight his genealogical importance:<br><br>· <b><a href="/1_chronicles/6-14.htm">1 Chronicles 6:14-15</a> :</b> This passage provides the genealogical record of Jehozadak, linking him to the priestly line of Aaron.<br>· <b><a href="/ezra/3-2.htm">Ezra 3:2</a> :</b> "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 offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God." This verse emphasizes the role of Jeshua, Jehozadak's son, in the restoration efforts.<br>· <b><a href="/haggai/1.htm">Haggai 1:1</a> :</b> "In the second year of King 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." This passage highlights the prophetic encouragement given to Jeshua and Zerubbabel during the rebuilding process.<br><br><b>Legacy</b><br><br>Jehozadak's legacy is preserved through his son Jeshua, whose leadership and dedication to the restoration of the Temple and the worship of Yahweh were pivotal in re-establishing the religious life of the Jewish people after the exile. His inclusion in the genealogical records serves as a testament to the faithfulness of God in preserving the priestly line and fulfilling His promises to Israel.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Jehozadak</span><p>justice of the Lord<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Jehozadak</span><p>(<i>Jehovah justifies</i>), usually called Jozadak or Josedech. He was the son of the high priest Seraiah. (<a href="/1_chronicles/6-14.htm">1 Chronicles 6:14,15</a>) When his father was slain at Riblah by order of Nebuchadnezzar, (<a href="/2_kings/25-18.htm">2 Kings 25:18,21</a>) Jehozadak was led away captive to Babylon. (<a href="/1_chronicles/6-15.htm">1 Chronicles 6:15</a>) (B.C. 588.) He himself never attained the high priesthood, but he was the father of Jeshua the high priest, and of all his successors till the pontificate of Alcimus. (<a href="/ezra/3-2.htm">Ezra 3:2</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/12-26.htm">Nehemiah 12:26</a>), etc.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Jehovah-justified, the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian exile (<a href="/1_chronicles/6-14.htm">1 Chronicles 6:14</a>, 15). He was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, and probably died in Babylon. He was the father of Jeshua, or Joshua, who returned with Zerubbabel. <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">JEHOZADAK</span><p>je-hoz'-a-dak (yehotsadhaq, "Yahweh is righteous"): Priest at the time of the captivity under Nebuchadrezzar (<a href="/1_chronicles/6-14.htm">1 Chronicles 6:14, 15</a>. He was the father of Joshua (Jeshua) the priest (<a href="/haggai/1-1.htm">Haggai 1:1, 12, 14</a>; <a href="/haggai/2-2.htm">Haggai 2:2, 4</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-11.htm">Zechariah 6:11</a>). the King James Version has Josedech in Haggai and Zechariah. Same as "Jozadak" (yotsadhaq, same meaning) in <a href="/ezra/3-2.htm">Ezra 3:2, 8</a>; <a href="/ezra/5-2.htm">Ezra 5:2</a>; <a href="/ezra/10-18.htm">Ezra 10:18</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-26.htm">Nehemiah 12:26</a>; and = "Josedek" (King James Version "Josedec") of 1 Esdras 5:5, 48, 56; 6:02; 9:19; Sirach 49:12.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3087.htm"><span class="l">3087. Yehotsadaq -- "the LORD is righteous," father of Joshua the <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> "the LORD is righteous," father of Joshua the high priest. Transliteration: Yehotsadaq<br> Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ho-tsaw-dawk') Short Definition: <b>Jehozadak</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3087.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/j/jehozadak.htm"><span class="l"><b>Jehozadak</b> (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Zerubbabel. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>JEHOZADAK</b>. je-hoz <b>...</b> 12.<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Jehozadak</b> (8 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehozadak.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehoz'adak.htm"><span class="l">Jehoz'adak (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Jehoz'adak. <b>Jehozadak</b>, Jehoz'adak. Jehu . <b>...</b> Jehoz'adak (7 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles<br> 6:14 and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot <b>Jehozadak</b>; (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehoz'adak.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shealtiel.htm"><span class="l">Shealtiel (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of<br> Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of <b>Jehozadak</b>, the high <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shealtiel.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ezra.htm"><span class="l">Ezra (28 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Since Seraiah, according to the Book of Kings, was killed by Nebuchadrezzar at Riblah<br> (2 Kings 25:18-21), and since he was the father of <b>Jehozadak</b>, the high <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ezra.htm - 29k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zerubbabel.htm"><span class="l">Zerubbabel (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of<br> Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of <b>Jehozadak</b>, the high <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zerubbabel.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/proper.htm"><span class="l">Proper (62 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> liberorum turbam) donavit"; Gesenius translated Gedaliah "quem Jehova educavit vel<br> roboravit," Zerahiah "cui Jehova ortum dedit," <b>Jehozadak</b> "quem Jehova justum <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/proper.htm - 57k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/governor.htm"><span class="l">Governor (78 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of<br> Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of <b>Jehozadak</b>, the high <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/governor.htm - 48k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/haggai.htm"><span class="l">Haggai (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of<br> Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of <b>Jehozadak</b>, the high <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/haggai.htm - 28k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nebuchadnez'zar.htm"><span class="l">Nebuchadnez'zar (55 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See RSV). 1 Chronicles 6:15 and <b>Jehozadak</b> went into captivity, when the LORD carried<br> away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nebuchadnez'zar.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/ornate.htm"><span class="l">Ornate (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Zechariah 6:11 Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the<br> head of Joshua the son of <b>Jehozadak</b>, the high priest; (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/ornate.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Joshua-in-Zechariah.html">Who was the Joshua in Zechariah 3:1-10? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Jehozadak (8 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-14.htm">1 Chronicles 6:14</a></span><br />and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of <span class="boldtext">Jehozadak</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-15.htm">1 Chronicles 6:15</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Jehozadak</span> went into captivity, when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/haggai/1-1.htm">Haggai 1:1</a></span><br />In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of <span class="boldtext">Jehozadak</span>, the high priest, saying,<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/haggai/1-12.htm">Haggai 1:12</a></span><br />Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of <span class="boldtext">Jehozadak</span>, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Yahweh, their God, and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/haggai/1-14.htm">Haggai 1:14</a></span><br />Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua, the son of <span class="boldtext">Jehozadak</span>, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of Yahweh of Armies, their God,<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/haggai/2-2.htm">Haggai 2:2</a></span><br />"Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of <span class="boldtext">Jehozadak</span>, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/haggai/2-4.htm">Haggai 2:4</a></span><br />Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,' says Yahweh.'Be strong, Joshua, son of <span class="boldtext">Jehozadak</span>, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,' says Yahweh,'and work, for I am with you,' says Yahweh of Armies.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/6-11.htm">Zechariah 6:11</a></span><br />Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of <span class="boldtext">Jehozadak</span>, the high priest;<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/j/jehozadak.htm">Jehozadak</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/j/jehozadak--a_priest_of_the_exile.htm">Jehozadak: A Priest of the Exile</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jehozadak.htm">Jehozadak (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jehu.htm">Jehu (63 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/j/jehozabad--son_of_shomer,_and_one_of_the_assassins_of_king_jehoash.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jehozabad: Son of Shomer, and One of the Assassins of King Jehoash"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jehozabad: Son of Shomer, and One of the Assassins of King Jehoash" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/j/jehoz'adak.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jehoz'adak"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jehoz'adak" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>