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She is mentioned primarily in the books of 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles.<br><br><b>Family Background</b><br><br>Jehosheba was a princess of the royal house of Judah. She was the daughter of King Jehoram of Judah and the sister of King Ahaziah. Her mother was likely Athaliah, the daughter of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, although the biblical text does not explicitly state this. Jehosheba was married to Jehoiada, the high priest, which positioned her uniquely at the intersection of the royal and priestly lines.<br><br><b>Heroic Deed</b><br><br>Jehosheba's most significant act is recorded in <a href="/2_kings/11.htm">2 Kings 11:1-3</a> and <a href="/2_chronicles/22-10.htm">2 Chronicles 22:10-12</a>. After the death of her brother Ahaziah, Athaliah, Jehosheba's mother, seized the throne of Judah and sought to eliminate all potential royal heirs to secure her position. In a bold and dangerous move, Jehosheba rescued her infant nephew Joash, the son of Ahaziah, from the massacre orchestrated by Athaliah. The Berean Standard Bible recounts this event:<br><br>"When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being put to death. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed. And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land." (<a href="/2_kings/11.htm">2 Kings 11:1-3</a>)<br><br>Jehosheba's actions were instrumental in preserving the Davidic line, which was crucial for the fulfillment of God's covenant with David. By hiding Joash in the temple for six years, she ensured the survival of the legitimate royal lineage.<br><br><b>Religious Significance</b><br><br>Jehosheba's marriage to Jehoiada, the high priest, underscores her connection to the religious leadership of Judah. Her actions not only preserved the royal line but also facilitated a religious and political renewal in Judah. When Joash was finally revealed and crowned king, Jehoiada led a covenant renewal ceremony, reaffirming the nation's commitment to the LORD and dismantling the worship of Baal that had been promoted by Athaliah.<br><br><b>Legacy</b><br><br>Jehosheba's bravery and faithfulness are celebrated as a testament to God's providence and the importance of righteous action in the face of evil. Her account highlights the role of women in God's redemptive history and serves as an example of courage and devotion to God's purposes. Through her decisive intervention, the Davidic line was preserved, paving the way for the eventual birth of Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah, who would come from the house of David.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Jehosheba</span><p>fullness, or oath, of the Lord<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Jehosheba</span><p>(<i>Jehovah's oath</i>), daughter of Joram king of Israel, and wife of jehoiada the high priest. (<a href="/2_kings/11-2.htm">2 Kings 11:2</a>) Her name in the Chronicles is given <a href="../j/jehoshabeath.htm">JEHOSHABEATH</a>. (B.C. 882.) As she is called, (<a href="/2_kings/11-2.htm">2 Kings 11:2</a>) "the daughter of <i>Joram</i> , sister of Ahaziah," it has been conjectured that she was the daughter, not of Athaliah, but of Joram by another wife. She is the only recorded instance of the marriage of a princess of the royal house with a high priest.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Jehosheba</span><p>The aunt of Joash, king of Judah, whose life in infancy and childhood she saved, in spite of the designs of Athaliah, <a href="/context/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a> 3.</p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel. She is called Jehoshabeath in <a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">2 Chronicles 22:11</a>. She was the only princess of the royal house who was married to a high priest, Jehoiada (<a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">2 Chronicles 22:11</a>). <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">JEHOSHEBA</span><p>je-hosh'-e-ba, je-ho-she'-ba (yehoshebha`, "Yahweh is an oath"): Called "Jehoshabeath" in <a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">2 Chronicles 22:11</a>; daughter of Jehoram king of Judah, possibly by a wife other than Athaliah (<a href="/2_kings/11-2.htm">2 Kings 11:2</a>). According to <a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">2 Chronicles 22:11</a>, she was the wife of Jehoiada, the priest. She hid Jehoash, the young son of King Ahaziah, and so saved his life from Queen Athaliah.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3089.htm"><span class="l">3089. Yehosheba -- "the LORD is an oath," wife of Jehoiada the <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> "the LORD is an oath," wife of Jehoiada the priest. Transliteration: Yehosheba Phonetic<br> Spelling: (yeh-ho-sheh'-bah) Short Definition: <b>Jehosheba</b>. <b>...</b> <b>Jehosheba</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3089.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/jehoiada_and_joash.htm"><span class="l">Jehoiada and Joash</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 'And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and<br> destroyed all the seed royal.2. But <b>Jehosheba</b>, the daughter of king Joram <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/jehoiada and joash.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/the_boy_joash_on_the.htm"><span class="l">The Boy Joash on the Throne of Judah</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the mother of Ahaziah, learned that her son was dead, she rose and put to death<br> all of Ahaziah's children except Joash, whom his aunt, <b>Jehosheba</b>, secretly took <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the boy joash on the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_7_how_athaliah_reigned.htm"><span class="l">How Athaliah Reigned Over Jerusalem for Five [Six] Years when <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> one of Ahaziah's sons was preserved, who escaped death after the manner following:<br> Ahaziah had a sister by the same father, whose name was <b>Jehosheba</b>, and she <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 how athaliah reigned.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bullinger/commentary_on_revelation/the_fourth_vision_in_heaven.htm"><span class="l">The Fourth vision "In Heaven"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> While <b>Jehosheba</b>, the wife of the high priest, was hidden, with the child, in one<br> of the chambers of the House of God, her husband, Jehoiada, was going about <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bullinger/commentary on revelation/the fourth vision in heaven.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/j/jehosheba.htm"><span class="l"><b>Jehosheba</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 22:11). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>JEHOSHEBA</b>. je-hosh <b>...</b> Queen Athaliah.<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Jehosheba</b> (2 Occurrences). 2 Kings <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehosheba.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/athaliah.htm"><span class="l">Athaliah (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> This was carried out: but one of them, Jehoash, a babe, escaped by the intervention<br> of his aunt, <b>Jehosheba</b> (1 Kings 11:2 2 Chronicles 22:11). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/athaliah.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehoash.htm"><span class="l">Jehoash (28 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> While yet an infant, he was saved from the general massacre of the family by his<br> aunt <b>Jehosheba</b>, and was apparently the only surviving descendant of Solomon (2 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehoash.htm - 32k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehoiada.htm"><span class="l">Jehoiada (51 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> He married <b>Jehosheba</b>, or Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram (2 Chronicles<br> 22:11), and took an active part along with his wife in the preservation and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehoiada.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehosh'eba.htm"><span class="l">Jehosh'eba (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Jehosh'eba. <b>Jehosheba</b>, Jehosh'eba. Jehoshua . Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b> (See<br> RSV). <b>Jehosheba</b>, Jehosh'eba. Jehoshua . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehosh'eba.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehoram.htm"><span class="l">Jehoram (27 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 16). His wife was Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel. His daughter<br><b>Jehosheba</b> was married to the high priest Jehoiada. He <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehoram.htm - 30k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/joash.htm"><span class="l">Joash (49 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Athaliah's usurpation of the throne, she massacred the royal princes, Jehoash was<br> saved from her unnatural fury by the action of his aunt <b>Jehosheba</b>, the wife <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/joash.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jo'ash.htm"><span class="l">Jo'ash (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 11:2 But <b>Jehosheba</b>, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took<br> Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jo'ash.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehoshabeath.htm"><span class="l">Jehoshabeath (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> JEHOSHABEATH. je-ho-shab'-e-ath (yehoshabh`ath, "Yahweh is an oath"): In 2<br> Chronicles 22:11 = <b>JEHOSHEBA</b> (which see) Compare 2 Kings 11:2. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehoshabeath.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehoshaphat's.htm"><span class="l">Jehoshaphat's (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehoshaphat's.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Athaliah-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Athaliah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-grandparents.html">Does the Bible say anything about grandparents? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Jehosheba (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-2.htm">2 Kings 11:2</a></span><br />But <span class="boldtext">Jehosheba</span>, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">2 Chronicles 22:11</a></span><br />But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bed-chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest--for she was the sister of Ahaziah--hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/j/jehosheba.htm">Jehosheba</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/j/jehosheba--daughter_of_joram.htm">Jehosheba: Daughter of Joram</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jehosheba.htm">Jehosheba (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jehoshua.htm">Jehoshua (4 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/j/jehoshaphat's_worship_and_faith.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jehoshaphat's Worship and Faith"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jehoshaphat's Worship and Faith" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/j/jehosh'eba.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jehosh'eba"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jehosh'eba" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>