Jehozabad

Jehozabad [N] [E] [H]

(whom Jehovah gave ).

  1. A Korhite Levite, second son of Obed-edom, and one of the porters of the south gate of the temple and of the storehouse there in the time of David. ( 1 Chronicles 26:4 1 Chronicles 26:15 ) compared with Nehe 12:25 (B.C. 1014.)
  2. A Benjamite, captain of 180,000 armed men, in the days of King Jehoshaphat. ( 2 Chronicles 17:18 ) (B.C. 910.)
  3. Son of Shomer or Shimrith, a Moabitish woman, who with another conspired against King Joash and slew him in his bed. ( 2 Kings 2:21 ; 2 Chronicles 24:26 ) (B.C. 837.)

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Jehozabad'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.