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jehoshaphat
/d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.ʃəˌfæt/
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What does jehoshaphat mean?
interjection
- Expressing astonishment; jumping Jehoshaphat.
proper noun
- the fourth Judean King after King Solomon and also the son of King Asa; father of King Joram (aka Jehoram.)
- A male given name from Hebrew.
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/d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.ʃəˌfæt/
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If you walk out of the town you find yourself on the Mount of Olives, or in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, or on the Hill of Evil Counsel.
This was the time that intervened between Saul, the first Israelitish king, who ruled over Edom, and Jehoshaphat, for Edom did not make itself independent of Jewish rule until the time of Joram, the son of Jehoshaphat.
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Accordingly the Messiah, on his arrival, was to sit in judgment in the valley of Jehoshaphat, rectifying the wrongs of his chosen ones, condemning the Gentile tyrants to the torments of Gehenna, and raising from Sheol all those Jews who had lived and died during the evil times before his coming.
She was silent, for she was easily repressed; and then perceived behind the group of children clustered round the model a young man in a white flannel jacket, his form being bent so low in his intent inspection of the Valley of Jehoshaphat that his face was almost hidden from view by the Mount of Olives.