Jehoshaphat
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that
Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of
Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the
gold [that was] found in the treasures of the house of the
LORD, and in the king's house, and sent [it] to Hazael king of
Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem....
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes.
So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the
battle....
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Jehoshaphat (alternately spelled Jehosaphat, Josaphat, or
Yehoshafat; Hebrew: יְהוֹשָׁפָט, Modern Yehoshafat Tiberian
Yəhôšāp̄āṭ ; " Jehovah is the judge"; Greek: Ιωσαφατ; Latin:
Josaphat) was the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah, and
successor of his father Asa.[1] His children included Jehoram,
who succeeded him as king. His mother was Az...
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And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with
me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I [am]
as thou [art], my people as thy people, [and] my horses as thy
horses....
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je-hosh'-a-fat (yehoshaphaT, "Yahweh has judged"):
(1) King of Judah. See separate article.
(2) Son of Ahilud. He was recorder under David (2 Sam 8:16;
20:24; 1 Ch 18:15) and Solomon (1 Ki 4:3).
(3) Son of Paruah, and Solomon's overseer in Issachar to
provide victuals for the royal household for one month of the
year (1 Ki 4:17).
(4) Son of Nims...
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-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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(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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Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David's body-guard (1 Chr.
11:43).
(2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal
of the ark
to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24).
(3.) Son of Ahilud, "recorder" or annalist under
David and
Solomon (2 Sam. 8:16), a state officer of high rank,
chancellor
or vizier of the kingdom.
(4.) Solomon's purveyor in Issachar ...
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