Atomic Bible

Father of Shelomith, a returning exile

Josiphiah

Named in 1 verse of Ezra, first in Ezra 8:10.

יוֹסִפְיָהJosiphiah

The name means “increase of the Lord; the Lord's finishing.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

Children
Shelomith

About Josiphiah Written by AI

Josiphiah is mentioned only in Ezra 8:10. He is the father of a man whose descendants returned from the Babylonian exile. His son (referred to as Ben-Josiphiah, meaning "son of Josiphiah") led 160 males who accompanied Ezra on the return journey to Jerusalem. This return occurred during the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia. The name appears in a list of family heads who participated in this important return to Jerusalem.

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. Ezra 8:10

    from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.