JOZABAD joz'-a-bad (yozabhadh, "Yahweh has bestowed"): (1) A Gederathite, and one of David's recruits at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:4)). He is named with the Benjamites, but possibly he was a native of the town Gedara in Southern Judah. See Curtis, Chronicles, 196. (2), (3) Two Manassite captains who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:20 (Hebre

JOZABDUS jo-zab'-dus (Iozabdos): (1) Son of Jeshua the Levite (1 Esdras 8:63), called "Jozabad" in Ezra 8:33. (2) Son of Bebai (1 Esdras 9:29), called "Zabbai" in Ezra 10:28. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JOZABDUS'". "International Standard Bible Ency

JOURNEY jur'-ni. See DAY'S JOURNEY; SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JOURNEY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JOY joi (simchah; chara): 1. Terms: The idea of joy is expressed in the Old Testament by a wealth of synonymous terms that cannot easily be differentiated. The commonest is simchah (1 Samuel 18:6, etc.), variously translated in English Versions of the Bible "joy," "gladness," "mirth"; from sameah, properly "to be bright," "to shine" (Proverbs 13:

JOTBATHAH jot'-ba-tha (yoTbathah): A desert camp of the Israelites between Hor-hagidgad and Abronah (Numbers 33:33,34; Deuteronomy 10:7). It was "a land of brooks of water" (Deuteronomy 10:7). Site is unknown. See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Edito

JOTHAM jo'-tham (yotham, "Yahweh is perfect"; Ioatham): (1) The youngest son of Gideon-Jerubbaal, the sole survivor of the massacre of his seventy brothers by Abimelech (Judges 9:5), and (by Judges 8:22) the legitimate ruler of Shechem after their death. Recognizing, however, that he is powerless to assert his claim, Jotham delivers from the summi

JOTAPATA jo-tap'-a-ta (BJ, III, iii, 7). See JOTBATHAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JOTAPATA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JOTBAH jot'-ba (yoTbah, "pleasantness"): The home of Meshullemeth, the mother of King Amon, daughter of Haruz (2 Kings 21:19). It may be the same as JOTBATHAH (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JOTBAH'". "International Standard Bible Encycloped

JOSIPHIAH jos-i-fi'-a (yociphyah, "Yah adds"): Found in Ezra 8:10, where Massoretic Text is "and of the sons of .... Shelomith the son of Josiphiah." With the help of Septuagint A and 1 Esdras 8:36, the name "Bani" (which is the same in the unpointed text as "the sons of" and was omitted through haplography) can be supplied above before "Shelomith

JOT jot: "Jot" (Revised Version, later editions of the King James Version) is a corruption of iote (early editions of the King James Version, Geneva, Rheims, Bishops'--pronounced i-o'te), an English transliteration of iota, the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet (Matthew 5:18 parallel). "Iota," in turn, is the nearest Greek equivalent for the Hebrew

JOSIAS jo-si'-as (Textus Receptus, Iosias; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Ioseias) : (1) Greek form in the King James Version of Josiah (Matthew 1:10,11; compare 1 Esdras 1; Baruch 1:8), king of Judah. (2) In 1 Esdras 8:33 the King James Version for JESIAS (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography

JOSIBIAH jos-i-bi'-a. See JOSHIBIAH.Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JOSIBIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JOSHUA, BOOK OF || I. TITLE AND AUTHORSHIP II. CONTENTS 1. Invasion and Conquest of Western Palestine 2. Allotment of the Country to the Tribes of Israel II. HISTORICAL CHARACTER AND CHRONOLOGY 1. The Book of Joshua as History 2. Chronology IV. SOURCES OF THE WRITTEN NARRATIVE V. RELATION TO THE BOOK OF JUDGES 1. Parallel Narratives 2. Om

JOSIAH jo-si'-a (yo'shiyahu, "Yahweh supports him"; Ioseias; the King James Version Josias (which see)): I. SOURCES FOR HIS LIFE AND TIMES 1. Annalistic 2. Prophetic 3. Memorial II. TRAITS OF HIS REIGN 1. Situation at the Beginning 2. Finding of the Law 3. The Great Reform 4. Disaster at Megiddo The name given 6 years before the death of

JOSHUA (2) || I. FORM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NAME II. HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF JOSHUA 1. First Appearance 2. The Minister of Moses 3. One of the Spies 4. The Head of the People (1) His First Act--Sending of the Spies (2) Crossing of the Jordan (3) Capture of Jericho (4) Conquest of Ai and Bethel (5) Reading of the Law on Mt. Ebal (6) The Gibe

JOSHUA (3) Son of Jehozadak (Haggai 1:1,12,14; 2:2,4; Zechariah 3:1,3,6,8,9; 6:11 form (b)) and high priest in Jerusalem, called "Jeshua" in Ezra-Nehemiah. His father was among the captives at the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC, and also his grandfather Seraiah, who was put to death at Riblah (2 Kings 25:18; 1 Chronicles 6:15). Joshua appears in Ezra

JOSHEB-BASSHEBETH jo-sheb-ba-she'-beth (yoshebh ba-shebheth): This proper name in the Revised Version (British and American) takes the place of the translation "that sat in the seat" in the King James Version (2 Samuel 23:8). The phrase so rendered is meaningless. The text has evidently suffered corruption. There can be no doubt that a proper name

JOSHIBIAH josh-i-bi'-a (yoshibhyah, "Yahweh sets," or "causes to dwell"; the King James Version Josibiah): A Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:35). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JOSHIBIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JOSHBEKASHAH josh-be-ka'-sha, josh-be-kash'-a (yoshbeqashah, "son" of Heman; 1 Chronicles 25:4,24): The last 8 or 9 names in per 4 are taken by commentators to be not names but the words of a prayer. See OTJ C2, 143, note; Curtis, Chron, 278, 280; SBOT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D

JOSHAPHAT josh'-a-fat (yoshaphaT, "Yahweh has judged"; compare JEHOSHAPHAT): (1) One of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:43), a "Mithnite," but not included in the list of 2 Samuel 23. (2) A priest and trumpeter of David's time (1 Chronicles 15:24), the King James Version "Jehoshaphat." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Biblio