Jehozadak is a man in the
Bible
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, his name means "God had justified". He was the son of the
high priest Seraiah at the time of the
Babylonian exile (597-581 BCE, ''
1Chronicles'' 6:14, 15).
He was taken into captivity by
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II, also Nebuchadrezzar II, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir", was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 BC to his own death in 562 BC. Often titled Nebuchadnezzar ...
(reigned c. 605-562 BCE), and probably died in
Babylon. He was the father of
Jeshua/Joshua, who returned with
Zerubbabel.
Patrilineal Ancestry
As per 1 Chronicles chapter 6
6th-century BCE Jews
Babylonian captivity
Books of Chronicles people
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