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Jehu in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the living). 1. The founder of the fifth dynasty of the kingdom of Israel, son of Jehoshaphat. 2Ki 9:2 He reigned over Israel 28 years, B.C. 884-856. His first appearance in history is when he heard the warning of Elijah against the murderer of Naboth. 2Ki 9:25 In the reigns of Ahaziah and Jehoram, Jehu rose to importance. He was, under the ...

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Jehudi in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

je-hu'-di (yehudhi, properly "a Jew"): An officer of King Jehoiakim (Jer 36:14,21,23). He was sent by the princes to summon Baruch to read the roll containing Jeremiah's prophecies to them; he afterward read them to the king, who destroyed them. His name is noteworthy, as also is that of his grandfather Cushi (i.e. "Ethiopian"), and the two ar...

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Jephthah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

jef'-tha (yiphtach, "opened," or "opener," probably signifying "Yahweh will open"; Iephthae; used as the name of a place, as in Josh 15:43; 19:14; of a man, Jdg 10:6 through 12:7): Ninth judge of the Israelites. His antecedents are obscure. Assuming Gilead to be the actual name of his father, his mother was a harlot. He was driven from home on...

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Jehozadak in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

je-hoz'-a-dak (yehotsadhaq, "Yahweh is righteous"): Priest at the time of the captivity under Nebuchadrezzar (1 Ch 6:14,15 (Hebrew 5:40,41)). He was the father of Joshua (Jeshua) the priest (Hag 1:1,12,14; 2:2,4; Zec 6:11). the King James Version has Josedech in Hag and Zec. Same as "Jozadak" (yotsadhaq, same meaning) in Ezr 3:2,8; 5:2; 10:18;...

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Jehoshaphat in Naves Topical Bible

-1. David's recorder 2Sa 8:16; 20:24; 1Ki 4:3; 1Ch 18:15 -2. One of Solomon's commissariat officers 1Ki 4:17 -3. King of Judah Succeeds Asa 1Ki 15:24; 22:41; 1Ch 3:10; 2Ch 17:1; Mt 1:8 Strengthens himself against Israel 2Ch 17:2 Inaugurates a system of public instruction in the law 2Ch 17:7-9 His wise reign 1Ki 22:43; 2Ch 17:7-9; 19:3-1...

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Jehu in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jehovah is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah (1 Chr. 2:38). (2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) The son of Hanani, a prophet of Judah (1 Kings 16:1, 7; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:34), who pronounced the sentence of God against Baasha, the king of Israel. (4.) King of Israel, the son of Je...

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Jehudi in Naves Topical Bible

-A Jew, an official at Jehoiakim's court who read Jeremiah's scroll to the king Jer 36:14,21,23...

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Jehozadak in Naves Topical Bible

-Also called JOSEDECH and JOZADAK -A priest of the exile 1Ch 6:14,15; Ezr 3:2,8; 5:2; 10:18; Ne 12:26; Hag 1:1,12,14; 2:2,4; Zec 6:11...

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Jephthah in Naves Topical Bible

-(A judge (leader, hero) of Israel) -Illegitimate, and therefore not entitled to inherit his father's property Jud 11:1,2 -Escapes the violence of his half-brothers; lives in the land of Tob Jud 11:3 -Recalled from the land of Tob by the elders of Gilead Jud 11:5 -Made captain of the army Jud 11:5-11 -Made head of the land of Gilead Ju...

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Jehoshaphat in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom Jehovah judges.) 1. King of Judah, son of Asa, succeeded to the throne B.C. 914, when he was 35 years old, and reigned 25 years. His history is to be found among the events recorded in 1Ki 15:24; 2Ki 8:16 or in a continuous narrative in 2Ch 17:1 ... 21:3 He was contemporary with Ahab, Ahaziah and Jehoram. He was one of the best, most pi...

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