Josaphat
Josaphat
(Hebrew for “Yahweh hath judged”; Sept. ‘Iosaphát).
Fourth King of Juda after the schism of the Ten Tribes. He was the son and successor of Asa, whose virtuous reign had established good traditions to which the new king endeavoured to remain faithful. He ascended the throne at the age of thirty-five and reigned twenty-three years (914-889 B.C.; 877-53 according to the Assyrian chronology). His zeal in suppressing the idolatrous worship of the “high places” is commended (2 Chronicles 17:6), but it was only partially successful (1 Kings 22:44). In the third year of his reign he sent throughout the country a missionary expedition to instruct the people in the Law and exhort them to its faithful observance. He is reproached with contracting an alliance with Achab, King of Israel, the results of which were disastrous for the Kingdom of Juda. In the eighteenth year of his reign Josaphat visited Achab in Samaria, and nearly lost his life accompanying his treacherous ally to the siege of Ramoth Galaad (1 Kings 22). He subsequently continued his policy of reform, exercised a personal supervision over its execution, and established for the same purpose in the royal city a tribunal of priests, levites, and elders (2 Chronicles 19:4-11). About the twentieth year of his reign he repulsed more by prayers than by force of arms a formidable army of the Moabites, Maonites, and the Children of Ammon (2 Chronicles 20:1-30). Ochozias having succeeded Achab in the Northern Kingdom, Josaphat joined him in a mercantile enterprise having for object the construction of a fleet at Asiongaber, but the project was displeasing to the Lord and proved a failure (2 Chronicles 20:35-37).
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LESÊTRE in VIGOUROUX, Dict. de la Bible, s. v.; WHITE in HASTINGS, Dict. of the Bible, s. v. Jehoshaphat.
JAMES F. DRISCOLL Transcribed by WGKofron With thanks to St. Mary’s Church, Akron, Ohio
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIIICopyright © 1910 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Josaphat
(), a Graecized form (Mat 1:8) of the name of JEHOSHAPHAT SEE JEHOSHAPHAT (q.v.), king of Judah.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Josaphat
josa-fat (, Iosaphat, the King James Version in Mat 1:8 for JEHOSHAPHAT (which see)): A king of Judah, mentioned in Matthew’s genealogy of Christ.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Josaphat
[Jo’saphat]
Another form of Jehoshaphat. Mat 1:8.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Josaphat
See Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Josaphat
Jos’aphat. Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. Mat 1:8.