Bible Person
Meaning: the Lord is judge · Male · 2 cross references
This Jehoshaphat entry refers to the father of Jehu king of Israel, not to Jehoshaphat king of Judah. He appears through a family line tied to the violent dynastic transition in the northern kingdom. First appears in 2 Kgs 9:2.1
AI summary: This Jehoshaphat matters because the cross references place his house behind Jehu, whose rise brings both judgment on Ahab's line and further upheaval in Israel. Though he is not a public actor in the story, his preserved name anchors the new dynasty in a remembered family setting. Taken together, the material presents this Jehoshaphat as the paternal background to one of the most consequential rulers of the northern kingdom.1
Central Figure
Jehoshaphat
Meaning: the Lord is judge
The son of Nimshi, and father of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 9:2, 14).
Children
The son of Nimshi, and father of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 9:2, 14). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.