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1 Chronicles 6:15
Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator inserts this note within a Levitical priestly lineage to mark the historical rupture caused by the Babylonian conquest. It functions as a genealogical hinge between the pre-exilic and post-exilic priestly records.
The words — The verb הָלַ֔ךְ (ha.Lakh) literally means "he went," paired with בְּ/הַגְל֣וֹת (be./hag.Lot), which denotes being "sent into exile." Together they frame Jehozadak’s displacement as a direct consequence of divine judgment.
The thread — The exile of Jehozadak’s father, Seraiah, is recorded in 2 Kings 25:18, while his son Joshua reappears as high priest in Haggai 2:2. This single line bridges the destruction of Jerusalem with the restoration leadership structure.
Why it lands — The text states that Yahweh initiated the exile of Judah and Jerusalem through Nebuchadnezzar, resulting in Jehozadak’s captivity. It requires the reader to acknowledge that priestly lineage and national destiny are both subject to sovereign historical action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 25:18 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- Haggai 1:1 In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
- Haggai 2:2 “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,
- 2 Kings 25:21 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
- Haggai 1:14 So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
- Exodus 4:13 But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
- 2 Kings 14:27 and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
- Ezra 5:2 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
- Jeremiah 39:9 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.