Jozabad

Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet

(Jehovah justifies).
  1. A captain of the thousands of Manasseh, who deserted to David before the battle of Gilboa. (1 Chronicles 12:20) (B.C. 1053.)
  2. A hero of Manasseh, like the preceding. (1 Chronicles 12:20)
  3. A Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:13) (B.C. 726.)
  4. A chief Levite in the reign of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 35:9)
  5. A Levite, son of Jeshua, in the days of Ezra. (Ezra 8:33) (B.C. 459.) Probably identical with No. 7.
  6. A priest of the sons of Pashur, who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:22)
  7. A Levite among those who returned with Ezra and had married foreign wives. He is probably identical with Jozabad the Levite, (Nehemiah 8:7) and with Jozabad who presided over the outer work of the temple. (Nehemiah 11:16) (B.C. 459.)

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William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

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