Jehoshaphat

Jehoshaphat
/ji hosh"euh fat', -hos"-/, n.
a king of Judah, son of Asa, who reigned in the 9th century B.C. I Kings 22:41-50.

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▪ king of Judah
also called  Josaphat,  Hebrew  Yehoshaphat,  

      king (c. 873–c. 849 BC) of Judah during the reigns in Israel of Ahab, Ahaziah, and Jehoram, with whom he maintained close political and economic alliances. Jehoshaphat aided Ahab in his unsuccessful attempt to recapture the city of Ramoth-gilead, joined Ahaziah in extending maritime trade, helped Jehoram in his battle with Moab, and married his son and successor, Jehoram, to Athaliah, a daughter of Ahab. In Judah he reorganized the army and attempted to centralize political power through a series of religious and legal reforms.

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