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Strong's #3077 - יְהוֹיָדָע
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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
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1׳יְהוֺ; ᵐ5 usually Ἰωδαε, A sometimes Ἰωιαδαε ( 2 Samuel 23:30 + ), ᵐ5 L Ἰωαδ ( 2 Samuel 20:23 ὠαδδαι), father of Benaiah (David's time), in combination ׳בְּנָיָהוּ בֶּןיְֿהוֺ 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 23:20,22; 1 Kings 1:8,26,32,36,38,44; 1 Kings 2:25,29,34,35,46; 1 Kings 4:4; 1 Chronicles 11:22,24; 1 Chronicles 18:17; 1 Chronicles 27:5; יְהוֺיָדָע בֶּןבְּֿנָיָהוּ 1 Chronicles 27:34 is probably erroneous inversion of the usual order; ׳יְהוֺ alone only 1 Chronicles 12:28 (where called הַנָּגִיד לְאַחֲרֹן).
2׳יְהוֺ, ᵐ5 usually Ἰωδαε A sometimes Ἰωιαδαε etc., (chief) priest at Jerusalem in time of Joash 2 Kings 11:4,9 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 11:15,17; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 12:8; 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Chronicles 22:11; 23:1,8 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 23:9,11,14,16,18; 24:2,3,6,12,14 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 24:15; 24:17; 24:20; 24:22; 24:25; Jeremiah 29:26.
3יוֺיָדָע a builder at wall of Jerusalem, with Nehemiah , Nehemiah 3:6 (ᵐ5 Ἰοειαα, Ἰοειδα, Ἰωδαε etc.)
4׳יוֺ son of high priest Eliashib Nehemiah 12:10,11,22; Nehemiah 13:28 (ᵐ5 Ἰωδα, Ἰωαδαε, Ἰωιαδα).
יְהוֹיָדָע m. (“whom Jehovah cared for”), [Jehoiada], pr.n. of a priest who held great authority in the kingdom of Samaria [prop. in Judæa], 2 Kings 11:4 [also contr. יוֹיָדָע].
