JOZABAD, OR JOSABAD ; Sept. 'Ito tapd0 ; Alex. 'Icei-agci3). 1. The Gederathite, one of the mighty men who came to David at Ziklag (1 Chron. xii. 4). 2, 3. Two captains of the thousands of Manasseh who went over to David at Ziklag, and aided him to repress the bands of brigands or marauders in the wilderness Chron. xii. 2o). The LXX. distinguish the latter of these by calling him 'IcarrafiatO, Alex. 'Icd'aga. 4. An overseer, under Cononiah and Shimei, of the chambers in which were deposited the tithes and other offerings collected by order of Hezekiah (2 Chron. xxxi. 13). 5. A chief of the Levites who took part in the preparations for the Passover celebrated try Josiah (2 Chron. xxxv. 9). The recurrence of the same names here, or in xxxi. 12-15, and the frequent recurrence through the history of the same names, has led to the sug gestion that these are not so much personal names as names of Levitical or priestly families (Bertheau, Exeget. Hdb. in loc.) This may account for a
double name so frequently occurring for the same person. 6. The son of Jeshua, a Levite who assisted at the weighing of the precious materials belonging to the temple-service which were brought back from Babylon (Ezra viii. 33). In Esdras viii. 63 he is called Josabad elcuo-atins ; Alex. 'IarlaigScis). 7. One of the sons of Pashur, a priest who had married a strange woman after the return from Babylon (Ezra x. 22). In Esdras ix. 22 he is called '12/o5577Xos (A. V. Ocidelus). 8. A Levite who had also married a strange woman (Ezra x. 23). He is called 'Iwi-apctSos in Esdras ix. 23, and is probably the person mentioned, Neh. viii. 7, as one of those who interpreted to the people the rt,acling of the law, and, xi. 16, as presiding over the outward work of the temple ; perhaps also the SJCIle as No. 6, though this is doubtful.—W. L. A.