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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Jehosheba (Woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy)
She was King Jehoram's daughter. When Athaliah killed the royal family after Ahaziah's death, Jehosheba hid the infant Joash in the temple for six years, and Chronicles says she was the high priest Jehoiada's wife.
She was King Jehoram's daughter. When Athaliah killed the royal family after Ahaziah's death, Jehosheba hid the infant Joash in the temple for six years, and Chronicles says she was the high priest Jehoiada's wife.
Jehosheba was a daughter of King Jehoram of Judah and, according to 2 Chronicles 22:11, wife of the high priest Jehoiada. When the usurper Athaliah moved to kill the entire royal family after her son Ahaziah's death, Jehosheba hid the infant prince Joash in the temple for six years, preserving the Davidic line (2 Kings 11:2-3). She is called Jehoshabeath in 2 Chronicles 22:11.
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- 2 Kings 11:2
