# H3092 יְהוֹשָׁפָט

יְהוֹשָׁפָט (Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ), Strong’s H3092: Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem KJV: Jehoshaphat. Compare H3146 (יוֹשָׁפָט).. Occurs 84 times.

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*Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ* — Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem

KJV: Jehoshaphat. Compare H3146 (יוֹשָׁפָט).

Built from [יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3068) (Jehovah, Jewish national name of God) + [שָׁפַט shâphaṭ](https://besorah.bible/word/H8199) (to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence) — means “Jehovah-judged”

Occurs 84 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- יְהוֹשָׁפָט, יוֹשָׁפָט n.pr.m. (י׳ hath judged)
- 1 king of Judah, son of Asa
- 2 father of Jehu king of Israel
- 3 chronicler under David & Solomon, son of Ahilud
- 4 one of Sol.’s 12 officers who provided victuals for the royal household
- 5 one of David’s heroes
- 6 a priest & trumpeter in David’s time
- 7 in n.pr.loc., symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem, place of ultimate judgment.

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 8:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=16) — Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,
- [2 Samuel 20:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=24) — Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,
- [1 Kings 4:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/4?v=3) — Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
- [1 Kings 4:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/4?v=17) — Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
- [1 Kings 15:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/15?v=24) — Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned…
- [1 Kings 22:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=2) — In the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
- [1 Kings 22:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=4) — He said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am…
- [1 Kings 22:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=5) — Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the LORD’s word.”
- [1 Kings 22:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=7) — But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of him?”
- [1 Kings 22:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=8) — The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of…