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(Heb. Yehotsadak', éְäåֹöָãָ÷ , Jehovah justified; Sept. É᾿ùóåäÝê ; Auth. Vers. “Josedech” in Haggai and Zechariah), also in the contracted form JOZADAK ( éåֹöָãָ÷ , Yotsadak', in Ezra and Nehemiah; Sept. É᾿ùóåäἐê ), the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian captivity (1Ch_6:14-15). Although he succeeded to the high priesthood after the slaughter of his father at Riblah (2Ki_25:18-21), he had no opportunity of performing the functions of his office (Selden, De success. in Pont. in Opp. 2, 104). He was carried into captivity by Neduchadnezzar (1Ch_6:15), and evidently died in exile, as, on the return from the captivity, his son Joshua was the first high priest who officiated (Hag_1:1; Hag_1:12; Hag_1:14; Hag_2:2; Hag_2:4; Zec_6:11; Ezr_3:2; Ezr_3:8; Ezr_5:2; Ezr_10:18; Neh_12:26). B.C. 588. SEE HIGH PRIEST.