the Lord's dowry; having a dowry
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
JEHOZABAD.1. One of the servants of king Joash who conspired against his master and joined in his assassination (2Ki_12:21 = 2Ch_24:26). 2. A Benjamite chief (2Ch_17:18). 3. A Levitical family (1Ch_26:4). A shortened form of the name is Jozabad (wh. see).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_26:4; 1Ch_26:15; Neh_12:25, margin
2. 2Ch_17:18.
3. Slew Joash: 2Ki_12:21; 2Ch_24:26.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Jehoz'abad. (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. 1Ch_26:4; 1Ch_26:15 compared with Neh_12:25. (B.C. 1014).
2. A Benjamite, captain of 180,000 armed men, in the days of King Jehoshaphat. 2Ch_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. 2Ki_2:21; 2Ch_24:26. (B.C. 837).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
jē̇-hoz?a-bad (יהוזבד, yehōzābhādh, ?Yahweh has bestowed?):
(1) A servant of King Jehoash of Judah. According to 2Ki_12:21 (22), he was a son of Shomer, but 2Ch_24:26 makes him ?son of Shimrith the Moabitess.?
(2) A Korahite doorkeeper, son of Obed-edom (1Ch_26:4).
(3) A Benjamite, one of King Jehoshaphat's warriors (2Ch_17:18).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Jehozabad
(Heb. Yehozabad', יְהוֹזָבָד, Jehovah given; Sept. Ι᾿ωζαβάδ, but Ι᾿ωζαβέδ in 2 Chronicles 24, 26), the name of three men. SEE JOZABAD.
1. The second son of Obed-edom (q.v.), the Levitical gate keeper of the Temple (1Ch_26:4). B.C. 1014.
2. The last named of Jehoshaphat's generals (Josephus Ο᾿χόβατος, Ant. 8:15, 2) in command of (?) 180,000 troops (2Ch_17:18). B.C. cir. 910.
3. Son of Shomer (or Shimrith, a Moabitess), one of the two servants who assassinated king Jehoash of Judah in that part of the city of Jerusalem called Millo (2Ki_12:21; 2Ch_24:26). B.C. 837.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.