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Joshaphat

3 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

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The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.

In the reference works

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
(whom Jehovah judges), the Mithnite, one of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:43)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references

josh'-a-fat (yoshaphaT, "Yahweh has judged"; compare JEHOSHAPHAT):

(1) One of David's mighty men (1Ch 11:43), a "Mithnite," but not included in the list of 2Sa 23.

(2) A priest and trumpeter of David's time (1Ch 15:24), the King James Version "Jehoshaphat."

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic

Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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