Jozabad:
same as Josabad
Jozabad:
joz'-a-bad (yozabhadh, "Yahweh has bestowed"):
(1) A Gederathite, and one of David's recruits at Ziklag (1Ch 12:4 (Hebrew 5)). He is named with the Benjamites, but possibly he was a native of the town Gedara in Southern Judah. See Curtis, Chronicles, 196.
(2), (3) Two Manassite captains who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:20 (Hebrew 21)).
(4) A Levite overseer in Hezekiah's time (2Ch 31:13); may be the ancestor of the chief of the priests in 2Ch 35:9 =" Joram" of 1 Esdras 1:9.
(5) A Levite (Ezr 8:33), mentioned again probably in Ezr 10:23; Ne 8:7; 11:16. The name in 1 Esdras 8:63 ( =Ezr 8:33) is "Josabdus" (the King James Version "Josabad").
(6) A priest who had married a foreign wife Ezr 10:22) =" Ocidelus" of 1 Esdras 9:22.
Jozabad:
(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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