Strong H3092H3092Iיְהוֹשָׁפָט
Jehoshaphat
One of the 5 senses of Strong H3092
- Transliteration
- yehôshâphâţ
- Pronunciation
- yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.15.24;
son of: Asa (H609) and Azubah (H5806);
father of: Jehoram (H3088), Azariah (H5838Q), Jehiel (H3171J), Zechariah (H2148J), Azariahu (H5838R), Michael (H4317O) and Shephatiah (H8203K)
Also named: Iōsaphat (Ἰωσαφάτ "Jehoshaphat" G2498)
son of: Asa (H609) and Azubah (H5806);
father of: Jehoram (H3088), Azariah (H5838Q), Jehiel (H3171J), Zechariah (H2148J), Azariahu (H5838R), Michael (H4317O) and Shephatiah (H8203K)
Also named: Iōsaphat (Ἰωσαφάτ "Jehoshaphat" G2498)
Meaning of the name
Jehoshaphat = "Jehovah has judged"
General definition
In the biblical story
Jehoshaphat
Son of Asa, king of Judah.
Jehoshaphat was the son of Asa and became a powerful and righteous king of Judah.
In the Bible
Strong H3092I appears in 62 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jehoshaphat62
First verses
- 1 Kings 15:24And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Kings 22:2And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:4And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth–gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
- 1 Kings 22:5And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.
- 1 Kings 22:7And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him?
- 1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
- 1 Kings 22:10And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
- 1 Kings 22:18And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
- 1 Kings 22:29So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth–gilead.
- 1 Kings 22:30And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
- 1 Kings 22:32And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
- 1 Kings 22:41And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:42Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
- 1 Kings 22:44And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion–geber.
- 2 Kings 1:17So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
- 2 Kings 3:1Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
- 2 Kings 3:7And 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.
- 2 Kings 3:11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
- 2 Kings 3:12And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.