Jehoshabeath
Gender: Female
Years: -885 - -884
Dictionary Text: Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel. She is called Jehoshabeath in. She was the only princess of the royal house who was married to a high priest, Jehoiada.
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Verses
- 2 Kings 11:2: But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
- 2 Chronicles 22:11: But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.