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yᵊhōyādāʿ יְהוֹיָדָע ‘Jehoiada’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yᵊhōwā יְהֹוָה ‘YHWH/Lord’ and yādaʿ יָדַע ‘to know’
Roots: יהווה ידע

yᵊhōyādāʿ pr n m pers
Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows"
1) father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior
2) leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron
3) high priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of Judah
4) second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:20, 20:23, 23:22, 8:18 1 Kings 2:35, 4:4, 1:36, 1:8, 2:29, 1:32, 1:26, 1:38, 1:44, 2:46, 2:34, 2:25 2 Kings 12:10, 11:15, 12:8, 11:9, 11:4, 12:3, 11:17 Jeremiah 29:26 1 Chronicles 27:34, 12:28, 11:22, 11:24, 27:5, 18:17 2 Chronicles 24:22, 24:6, 24:17, 22:11, 23:14, 23:8, 24:12, 23:9, 24:20, 23:1, 23:11, 24:3, 23:18, 24:14, 24:25, 23:16, 24:15, 24:2

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