Tunnetaan myös nimellä: Jozabad, Jozacar, Jozachar
PaluuPriestLeaderc. 500 BC
Josabad was a Levite who played an important role in the period after the exile in Babylon. He was involved in the administration of temple offerings and service in the temple during the reforms of Ezra and Nehemiah. He is mentioned several times in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah as a trusted Levite responsible for the treasures of the temple and teaching the law.
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Receiving Temple Treasures
Josabad was one of the Levites who received the silver, gold, and vessels brought from Babylon to the temple in Jerusalem. He helped weigh and record these valuable items.
33On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the vessels were weighed out in the house of our God into the hands of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest, and with him Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
Josabad was among the Levites who helped the people understand the law when Ezra read it aloud to the assembly. He explained the law to the people while they stood in their places.
7And Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—the Levites—explained the Law to the people while they remained in their places.
Josabad participated in the spiritual life of Jerusalem under Nehemiah's leadership and was among the prominent Levites who served in connection with the rebuilding and dedication.
44On that day men were appointed over the storerooms that served as treasuries for the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the towns the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who were serving.
45They kept the charge of their God and the charge of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the command of David and of Solomon his son.