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Jehoiada
Meaning: Jehovah-known
This is the name of 2 biblical men.
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Jehoiada, father of Benaiah
Benaiah was one of David’s chief warriors. He was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23).
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Jehoiada, the high priest
He lived at at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah. He married Jehosheba (aka Jehoshabeath), the daughter of King Jehoram (2 Chr. 22:11), and took an active part along with his wife in the preservation and training of Jehoash when Athaliah murdered all the royal family of Judah.
The plans he adopted in replacing Jehoash on the throne of his ancestors are described in 2 Kings 11:2; 12:2; 2 Chr. 22:11; 23:24.
He was among the foremost of the benefactors of the kingdom, and at his death was buried in the city of David among the kings of Judah (2 Chr. 24:15-16).
He is said to have been 130 years old.
The ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (born Yosef ben Matityahu) mentions Jehoiada as being a “high priest” in his Jewish Antiquities Book, Volume 9, Chapter 7.