Dictionaries :: Jozabad

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jozabad:

whom Jehovah bestows. (1.) One of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:4).

(2.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 12:20).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Jozabad:

same as Josabad

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

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.

Nave's Topical Bible

Jozabad: 1. Two Men of Manasseh

1Ch 12:20

Jozabad: 2. Two Levites

2Ch 31:13; 35:9

Jozabad: 3. Son of Jeshua

Ezr 8:33

Jozabad: 4. A Priest

Ezr 10:22

Jozabad: 5. Three Levites

Ezr 10:23; Neh 8:7; 11:16

Jozabad: 6. One of David's Famous Warriors

1Ch 12:4

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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)