Valley of Jehoshaphat
(`emeq yehoshaphaT); the latter word means "Yahweh judgeth,"
and `emeq, "wide," "open valley"; Septuagint he koilas
Iosaphat): The name is used in Joel 3:2,12 of the scene of
Judgment: "Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to
the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all
the nations round about" (Joel 3:12). "The valle...
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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; 19:3-11...
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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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mentioned in Scripture only in Joel 3:2, 12. This is the
name
given in modern times to the valley between
Jerusalem and the
Mount of Olives, and the Kidron flows through it.
Here
Jehoshaphat overthrew the confederated enemies of
Israel (Ps.
83:6-8); and in this valley also God was to
overthrow the
Tyrians, Zidonians, etc. (Joel 3:4, 19), ...
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I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into
the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for
my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have
scattered among the nations, and parted my land....
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Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of
Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen
round about....
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