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Jehozadak in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

je-hoz'-a-dak (yehotsadhaq, "Yahweh is righteous"): Priest at the time of the captivity under Nebuchadrezzar (1 Ch 6:14,15 (Hebrew 5:40,41)). He was the father of Joshua (Jeshua) the priest (Hag 1:1,12,14; 2:2,4; Zec 6:11). the King James Version has Josedech in Hag and Zec. Same as "Jozadak" (yotsadhaq, same meaning) in Ezr 3:2,8; 5:2; 10:18;...

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Jehu in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jehovah is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah (1 Chr. 2:38). (2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) The son of Hanani, a prophet of Judah (1 Kings 16:1, 7; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:34), who pronounced the sentence of God against Baasha, the king of Israel. (4.) King of Israel, the son of Je...

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Jehudi in Naves Topical Bible

-A Jew, an official at Jehoiakim's court who read Jeremiah's scroll to the king Jer 36:14,21,23...

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Jephthah in Naves Topical Bible

-(A judge (leader, hero) of Israel) -Illegitimate, and therefore not entitled to inherit his father's property Jud 11:1,2 -Escapes the violence of his half-brothers; lives in the land of Tob Jud 11:3 -Recalled from the land of Tob by the elders of Gilead Jud 11:5 -Made captain of the army Jud 11:5-11 -Made head of the land of Gilead Ju...

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Jehozadak in Naves Topical Bible

-Also called JOSEDECH and JOZADAK -A priest of the exile 1Ch 6:14,15; Ezr 3:2,8; 5:2; 10:18; Ne 12:26; Hag 1:1,12,14; 2:2,4; Zec 6:11...

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Jehu in Hitchcock's Bible Names

himself who exists...

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Jehudi in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a Jew), son of Nethaniah, a man employed by the princes of Jehoiakim's court to fetch Baruch to read Jeremiah's denunciation, Jer 36:14 and then by the king to fetch the volume itself and read it to him. vs. Jer 36:21,23 (B.C. 605.)...

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Jehoshaphat in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom Jehovah judges.) 1. King of Judah, son of Asa, succeeded to the throne B.C. 914, when he was 35 years old, and reigned 25 years. His history is to be found among the events recorded in 1Ki 15:24; 2Ki 8:16 or in a continuous narrative in 2Ch 17:1 ... 21:3 He was contemporary with Ahab, Ahaziah and Jehoram. He was one of the best, most pi...

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Jephthah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom God sets free), A judge about B.C. 1143-1137. His history is contained in Jud 11:1 ... 12:8 He was a Gileadite, the son of Gilead and a concubine. Driven by the legitimate sons from his father's inheritance, he went to Tob and became the head of a company of freebooters in a debatable land probably belonging to Ammon. 2Sa 10:6 (This lan...

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Jehoshaphat in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David's body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, "recorder" or annalist under David and Solomon (2 Sam. 8:16), a state officer of high rank, chancellor or vizier of the kingdom. (4.) Solomon's purveyor in Issachar ...

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