person · P0403
Yehoshafat יהושפט
Pious and powerful king of Yehudah, praised for walking in his father Asa's way. He made peace with the house of Achav — riding to Ramot Gilad beside him and marrying his son to Atalyah — and organized justice in Yehudah, setting judges city by city with the charge that they judge for God, not man.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- יהושפט
- Also known as
- Jehoshaphat
- Era
- bible
- Parents
- Asa
- Children
- Yehoram of Yehudah
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 2990–3050 AM (reigned 3025–3050, twenty-five years; thirty-five at accession)
- Academic
- reigned c. 870–848 BCE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈60 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Jerusalem
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yehoshafat son of Asa became king over Yehudah in the fourth year of Achav king of Israel: thirty-five years old at accession, he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem.
Directly stated in the cited source.
|
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Yehudah, city by city, charging them: "Not for man do you judge but for God — He is with you in the matter of judgment." | biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| The placement (reigned 3025–3050 AM) is a schematic Mesorah Atlas reconstruction: the regnal years stated in Kings are chained forward from the division of the kingdom in 2964 AM on the traditional (Seder Olam) timeline, with sub-year reigns counted as zero. The cited source states the reign's length, not absolute dates.
The cited sources establish relative chronology or regnal duration; they do not state the absolute AM range.
|
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |