JOSHAPHAT.1. One of Davids heroes (1Ch_11:43). 2. A priest in Davids time (1Ch_15:24).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1Ch_11:43. Mathnan is the Chaldee for Bashan (Targum Onkelos) Joshaphat was therefore a Gadite.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Josh'aphat. (whom Jehovah judges). The Mithnite, one of David's guard. 1Ch_11:43.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
josh?a-fat (יושׁפט, yōshāphāṭ, ?Yahweh has judged?; compare JEHOSHAPHAT):
(1) One of David's mighty men (1Ch_11:43), a ?Mithnite,? but not included in the list of 2 Sam 23.
(2) A priest and trumpeter of David's time (1Ch_15:24), the King James Version ?Jehoshaphat.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Joshaphat
(1Ch_11:43). SEE JEHOSHAPHAT, 1.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.