Wikipedia's first sentence called it “son of saul ben anan and the grandson of anan ben david”. Today it says “son of josiah ben saul”.
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Jehoshaphat ben Josiah ( Hebrew : יהושפט בן יאשיהו ) was the son of Josiah ben Saul , the great-grandson of Anan ben David , a Nasi , and a Rosh Yeshivah , during the early ninth century. He lived in Israel where he was head of the Palestinian Yeshiva . Jehoshaphat was nasi and resh galuta of the nascent Karaite movement of Judaism , though it is likely that he was a Rabbanite himself due to his affiliation with the Palestinian Yeshiva. He was the father of Boaz ben Jehoshaphat . His brother Semah was head of the Palestinian Gaonate after him. Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World .
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Jehoshaphat ben Saul ( Hebrew : יהושפט בן שאול ) was the son of Saul ben Anan and the grandson of Anan ben David . He lived in Iraq during the early ninth century. Jehoshaphat was nasi and resh galuta of the nascent Karaite movement of Judaism . He was the father of Boaz ben Jehoshaphat . v t e v t e
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Jehoshaphat ben Saul ( Hebrew : יהושפט בן שאול ) was the son of Saul ben Anan and the grandson of Anan ben David . He lived in Iraq during the early ninth century. Jehoshaphat was nasi and resh galuta of the nascent Karaite movement of Judaism . He was the father of Boaz ben Jehoshaphat . v t e v t e v t e
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Jehoshaphat ben Saul ( Hebrew : יהושפט בן שאול ) was the son of Saul ben Anan and the grandson of Anan ben David . He lived in Iraq during the early ninth century. Jehoshaphat was nasi and resh galuta of the nascent Karaite movement of Judaism . He was the father of Boaz ben Jehoshaphat . v t e v t e v t e
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son of saul ben anan and the grandson of anan ben david
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son of josiah ben saul
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