Jehosheba
JEHOSHEBA
The aunt of Joash, king of Judah, whose life in infancy and childhood she saved, in spite of the designs of Athaliah, 2Ki 11:1- 3.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Jehosheba
(Heb. Yehoshe’ba, , Jehovah swearing; Septuag. , Josephus ), the daughter of Jehoram, sister of Ahaziah, and aunt of Joash. kings of Judah. The last of these owed his life to her, and his crown to her husband, the high priest Jehoiada (2Ki 11:2). In the parallel passage (2Ch 22:11) the name is written JEHOSHABEATH (, Yehoshabath’; Sept. ). B.C. 882. SEE JEHOASH, 1. Her name thus exactly corresponds in meaning to that of the only two other wives of Jewish priests who are known to us, viz. ELISHEBA the wife of Aaron (Exo 6:23), and ELISABETH, the wife of Zechariah (Luk 1:7). As she is called (2Ki 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 (comp. Josephus, Ant. 9:7, 1, ). She is the only recorded instance of the marriage of a princess of the royal house with a high priest. On this occasion it was a providential circumstance for she was the sister of Ahaziah (2Ch 22:11) as inducing and probably enabling her to rescue the infant Jehoash from the massacre of his brothers. By her he and his nurse were concealed in the palace, and afterwards in the Temple (2Ki 11:2-3; 2Ch 22:11), where he was brought up probably with her sons (2Ch 23:11), who assisted at his coronation. One of these was Zechariah, who succeeded her husband in his office, and was afterwards murdered (2Ch 24:20). Smith. Needless doubt has been thrown upon her marriage with Jehoiada (Newman, Heb. Monarch. p. 195), which is not expressly mentioned in Kings, as a fiction of the chronicler to glorify his greatness. This, however, is certainly assumed in 2Ki 11:3, and is accepted by Ewald (Geschichte, 3, 575) as perfectly authentic. SEE JEHOIADA.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Jehosheba
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).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Jehosheba
(“Jehovah’s oath, i.e. devoted to Him”.) Daughter of king Joram of Israel. Jehoiada’s wife. So Elisheba (God’s oath) was Aaron’s wife, Elizabeth Zacharias’. (See JEHOIADA.) Athaliah is not specified as her mother, but this may be due to the sacred writer’s abhorrence of her name. Possibly her mother may have been another wife of Joram (2Ki 11:2). Jehosheba is the only instance of a princess marrying the high priest. Her position enabled her through God’s providence to rescue the little prince Joash, and hide him and his nurse in a bedchamber in the palace, afterward in the temple (2Ch 22:11; 2Ch 23:11; 2Ki 11:2-3), where he was brought up with her sons, who assisted at his coronation. Zechariah, Jehoiada’s successor, one of them, was afterward slain, a martyr for the truth. (See ZECHARIAH.)
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Jehosheba
JEHOSHEBA (2Ki 11:2; Jehoshabeath in 2Ch 22:11).Daughter of Jehoram of Judah. On the death of her half-brother Ahaziah, she was instrumental in preserving the Davidic stock, by concealing the infant Jehoash in a lumber-room of the palace (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ). According to the Chronicler, she was wife of Jehoiada.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Jehosheba
je-hoshe-ba, je-ho-sheba (, 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.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Jehosheba
Jehosheba, daughter of Jehoram, sister of Ahaziah, and aunt of Joash, kings of Judah. The last of these owed his life to her, and his crown to her husband, the high-priest Jehoiada [JEHOIADA].
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Jehosheba
[Jeho’sheba] See JEHOSHABEATH.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Jehosheba
H3089
Called also Jehoshabeath, daughter of Joram.
2Ki 11:2
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Jehosheba
Jehosh’eba. (Jehovah’s oath). Daughter of Joram, king of Israel, and wife of Jehoiada, the high priest. 2Ki 11:2. Her name in the Chronicles is given as Jehoshabeath. (B.C. 882). As she is called, 2Ki 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.