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Jehoiada

A high priest, in the time of the Divided Monarchy · Tribe of Levi · named in 26 verses

the name means Jehovah-known Strong's Lexicon

Jehoiada, also known as Barachiah, was a high priest who led a revolt against Queen Athaliah and crowned Joash as king of Judah.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jehovah-known. (1.) The father of Benaiah, who was one of David's chief warriors (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Partners Jehosheba
Children Zechariah

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at 2 Kings 11:4.

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