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Jehoshaphat (alternately spelled Jehosaphat, Josaphat, or Yehoshafat; Hebrew: יְהוֹשָׁפָט, Modern Yehoshafat Tiberian Yəhôšāp̄āṭ ; " Jehovah has judged"; Greek: Ιωσαφατ; Latin: Josaphat) was the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah, and successor of his father Asa. His children included Jehoram, who succeeded him as king. His mother was Azubah. Historically, his name has sometimes been connected with the Valley of Jehosaphat, where, according to Joel 3:2, the God of Israel will gather all nations for judgment.
The king's name in the oath jumping Jehosaphat was likely popularized by the name's utility as a euphemism for Jesus and Jehovah. The phrase is first recorded in the 1866 novel The Headless Horseman by Thomas Mayne Reid.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt is thought that the name is a euphemism for Jesus or Jehovah. The phrase was first recorded in an 1866 novel The Headless Horseman by Thomas Reid.
Thomas Peabody used the phrase in an 1860's novel 'By the shaking jumping ghost of Jehsaphat'
The reign of this King has been dated to 873 - 849BC
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