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Jehoshaphat

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Je·hosh·a·phat  (j-hsh-ft, -hs-) also Je·hos·a·phat (-hs-) Ninth century b.c.
King of Judah who formed an alliance with the kingdom of Israel.
Jehoshaphat [dʒɪˈhɒʃəˌfæt -ˈhɒs-]
n Old Testament
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the king of Judah (?873-?849 bc) (I Kings 22:41-50)
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the site of Jehovah's apocalyptic judgment upon the nations (Joel 4:14)


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We could recognize the Tower of Hippicus, the Mosque of Omar, the Damascus Gate, the Mount of Olives, the Valley of Jehoshaphat, the Tower of David, and the Garden of Gethsemane--and dating from these landmarks could tell very nearly the localities of many others we were not able to distinguish.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The English author, on the other hand, without supposing him less of a conjuror than the Northern Warlock, can, you observed, only have the liberty of selecting his subject amidst the dust of antiquity, where nothing was to be found but dry, sapless, mouldering, and disjointed bones, such as those which filled the valley of Jehoshaphat.
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