The meaning of “יְהוֹשָׁפָט”

Jehoshaphat. Compare יוֹשָׁפָט. - § Jehoshaphat = "Jehovah has judged" - Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites - also of a valley near Jerusalem n pr m 1) son of king Asa and himself king of Judah for 25 years; one of the best, most pious, and prosperous kings of Judah 2) son of Nimshi and father of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel 3) son of Ahilud and chronicler under David and Solomon 4) son of Paruah and one of the 12 commissary officers under Solomon 5) a priest and trumpeter in the time of David n pr loc 6) symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem which is the place of ultimate judgment; maybe the deep ravine which separates Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives through which the Kidron flowed