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Jehoiada

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[ji-hoi-uh-duh] / dʒɪˈhɔɪ ə də /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a priest of Judah who led the revolt against Athalia.


Etymology

Origin of Jehoiada

From Hebrew Yəhōyādhāʿ “Yahweh knows”

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"Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord's people; between the king also and the people."

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham

They offered burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh continually all the days of Jehoiada.

From The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Chronicles by Anonymous

He derived benefit from some of the last sermons of the Rev. Jehoiada Brewer, and at length joined the Church under the care of Rev. James Boden.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Thomas Coleman

Jehoiada made a solemn agreement between Jehovah and the new ruler and the people, that they should be Jehovah's people; also between the ruler and the people, and Joash ruled forty years in Jerusalem.

From The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman

King Joash did what was right so long as the high priest Jehoiada lived, but after the latter's death this had an end.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker

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