Jozabad
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Whom Jehovah bestows.
One of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr 12:4).
A chief of the tribe of Manasseh (1 Chr 12:20).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
joz'-a-bad (yozabhadh, "Yahweh has bestowed"):
(1) A Gederathite, and one of David's recruits at Ziklag (1 Chr 12:4)). 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 (1 Chr 12:20 (Hebrew 21)).
(4) A Levite overseer in Hezekiah's time (2 Chr 31:13); may be the ancestor of the chief of the priests in 2 Chr 35:9 = "Joram" of 1 Esdras 1:9.
(5) A Levite (Ezra 8:33), mentioned again probably in Ezra 10:23; Neh 8:7; Neh 11:16. The name in 1 Esdras 8:63 ( = Ezra 8:33) is "Josabdus" (the King James Version "Josabad").
(6) A priest who had married a foreign wife Ezra 10:22) = "Ocidelus" of 1 Esdras 9:22.
See also
Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).