Jehoshabeath
Also called Jehosheba
Mentioned 884–883 BC traditional (Jones)
Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel. She is called Jehoshabeath in 2 Chr. 22:11.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 41st generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Ahaziah, Athaliah, Jehoram, Joash, and Jehoiada.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Jehoshabeath, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- likely location: Jerusalem0
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 909–858 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 4 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
2 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Jehoshabeath 2Jehosheba 1 |
| KJV | Jehoshabeath 2Jehosheba 1 |
| ASV | Jehoshabeath 2Jehosheba 1 |
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2 Kings1 verse
- 11:2
But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
2 Chronicles1 verse
- 22:11
But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel. She is called Jehoshabeath in 2 Chr. 22:11. She was the only princess of the royal house who was married to a high priest, Jehoiada (2 Chr. 22:11).