Meaning
Jehozabad (whom Jehovah gave).
1. A Korhite Levite, second son of Obed-edom, and one of the porters of the south gate of the temple and of the storehouse there in the time of David. (1Chr 26:4; 1Chr 26:15) compared with Nehe 12:25 (B.C. 1014.)
2. A Benjamite, captain of 180,000 armed men, in the days of King Jehoshaphat. (2Chronicles 17:18) (B.C. 910.)
3. Son of Shomer or Shimrith, a Moabitish woman, who with another conspired against King Joash and slew him in his bed. (2Kings 2:21; 2Chronicles 24:26) (B.C. 837.)
