Meaning
Jehozadak je-hoz'-a-dak (yehotsadhaq, "Yahweh is righteous"): Priest at the time of the captivity under Nebuchadrezzar (1Ch 6:14, 1Ch 6:15. He was the father of Joshua (Jeshua) the priest (Hag 1:1, Hag 1:12, Hag 1:14, Hag 2:2, Hag 2:4, Zec 6:11). the King James Version has Josedech in Hag and Zec. Same as "Jozadak" (yotsadhaq, same meaning) in Ezr 3:2, Ezr 3:8, Ezr 5:2, Ezr 10:18, Neh 12:26; and = "Josedek" (King James Version "Josedec") of Esdras 5:5,48,56; 6:2; 9:19; Wisdom of Sirach 49:12.
