יְהוֹשָׁפָט

Detailed Definition

• 1(n pr m) son of king asa and himself king of judah for 25 years; one of the best, most pious, and prosperous kings of judah
• 2son of nimshi and father of king jehu of the northern kingdom of israel
• 3son of ahilud and chronicler under david and solomon
• 4son of paruah and one of the 12 commissary officers under solomon
• 5a priest and trumpeter in the time of david
• 6(n pr loc) symbolical name of a valley near jerusalem which is the place of ultimate judgment; maybe the deep ravine which separates jerusalem from the mount of olives through which the kidron flowed