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Hoshaiah
(whom Jehovah aids).
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A man who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem after it had been rebuilt by Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 12:32) (B.C. 446.). The father of a certain Jezaniah or Azariah, who was a man of note after, the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezsar. (Jeremiah 42:1; 43:2) (B.C. after 588.)
In the Bible
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Verses where Hoshaiah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Jeremiah 42:1
Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached
- Jeremiah 43:2
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
- Nehemiah 12:32
Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed,
Scripture on Hoshaiah
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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