HOSHAIAH

(Ho·shaiʹah) [Jehovah has saved].

1. Father of Jezaniah or Azariah, who was a contemporary of the prophet Jeremiah. (Jer. 42:1, 2; 43:2) In the Septuagint the name Azariah appears instead of Jezaniah at Jeremiah 42:1.

2. Apparently a prince of Judah who participated in the procession arranged by Nehemiah at the inauguration of the wall of Jerusalem.—Neh. 12:31, 32.