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Josedech

Also called Jehozadak and Jozadak

Mentioned 587–518 BC traditional (Jones)

Jehovah-justified, the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian exile (1 Chr. 6:14, 15). He was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, and probably died in Babylon.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Seraiah
Child
Joshua
Sibling
Ezra
Tagged in
12 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Josedech, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Jerusalem3

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 612–493 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 2 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

12 tagged verses in 5 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 1 Chronicles2
  2. Ezra3
  3. Nehemiah1
  4. Haggai5
  5. Zechariah1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBJosedech 0Jehozadak 8Jozadak 5
KJVJosedech 6Jehozadak 2Jozadak 5
ASVJosedech 0Jehozadak 8Jozadak 5

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Every verse

All 12 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

1 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 6:14

    Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.

  2. 6:15

    Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

Ezra3 verses
  1. 3:2

    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.

  2. 3:8

    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.

  3. 5:2

    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.

Nehemiah1 verse
  1. 12:26

    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.

Haggai5 verses
  1. 1:1

    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

  2. 1:12

    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.

  3. 1:14

    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,

  4. 2:2

    “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,

  5. 2:4

    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.

Zechariah1 verse
  1. 6:11

    Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Jehovah-justified, the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian exile (1 Chr. 6:14, 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.