Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Oshea—that is, "a desire of salvation." Jehoshua, by prefixing the name of God, means "divinely appointed," "head of salvation," "Saviour," the same as Jesus [Matthew 1:21, Margin].
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