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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Hoshaiah:

the salvation of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Hoshaiah:

ho-sha'-ya (hosha‘yah, "whom Yahweh helpeth"):

(1) Father of Jezaniah (probably = Azariah, so the Septuagint; compare Jer 42:1 and 43:2 with 2Ki 25:23 and note similar letters in names in Hebrew), who with other leaders antagonized the policy and counsel of Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem (Jer 42:1-43:7).

(2) A man, probably of Judah, who led half of the princes of Judah in procession at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 12:32).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Hoshaiah:

(whom Jehovah aids).

(1.) A man who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem after it had been rebuilt by Nehemiah (Nehemiah 12:32). (B.C. 446)

(2.) The father of a certain Jezaniah or Azariah, who was a man of note after, the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 42:1; 43:2). (B.C. after 588)

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