Dictionaries :: Jehosheba

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jehosheba:

Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel. She is called Jehoshabeath in 2Ch 22:11. She was the only princess of the royal house who was married to a high priest, Jehoiada (2Ch 22:11).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Jehosheba:

fullness, or oath, of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Jehosheba:

je-hosh'-e-ba, je-ho-she'-ba (yehoshebha‘, "Yahweh is an oath"): Called "Jehoshabeath" in 2Ch 22:11; daughter of Jehoram king of Judah, possibly by a wife other than Athaliah (2Ki 11:2). According to 2Ch 22:11, she was the wife of Jehoiada, the priest. She hid Jehoash, the young son of King Ahaziah, and so saved his life from Queen Athaliah.

Nave's Topical Bible

Jehosheba: Name Of

Called also Jehoshabeath

Jehosheba: Daughter of Joram

2Ki 11:2

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jehosheba:

(Jehovah's oath) daughter of Joram king of Israel, and wife of jehoiada the high priest (2 Kings 11:2). Her name in the Chronicles is given JEHOSHABEATH. (B.C. 882) As she is called (2 Kings 11:2). "the daughter of Joram, sister of Ahaziah," it has been conjectured that she was the daughter, not of Athaliah, but of Joram by another wife. She is the only recorded instance of the marriage of a princess of the royal house with a high priest.