Jehoshaphat (disambiguation)

Jehoshaphat (Hebrew: יהושפט, Yehōshāphāṭ; Greek: Ἰωσαφάτ, Iōsaphat; "Name means::YHWH judges") is the name of at least six men in the Bible:

1. A member of David's bodyguard (1_Chronicles 11:43 ).
2. A priest who helped move the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem (1_Chronicles 15:24 ).
3. A son of Alihud, who was David and Solomon's "recorder" or royal historian (2_Samuel 8:16 ).
4. Solomon's purveyor in the lands of the tribe of Issachar (1_Kings 4:17 ).
5. King Jehoshaphat of the Southern Kingdom of Israel
6. The son of Nimshi and father of King Jehu, who wiped out the House of Omri and precipitated the eventual succession-to-the-throne of King Joash of the Southern Kingdom.

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