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Jehoiada

Jehoiada

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Jehoiada was a high priest in Judah who played a crucial role in the overthrow of Queen Athaliah and the restoration of the Davidic line through King Joash.

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Where Jehoiada appears

49 verses across 7 books.

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Verses mentioning Jehoiada

  • 1Chr 11:22 — Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
  • 1Chr 11:24 — These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
  • 1Chr 12:27 — And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
  • 1Chr 18:17 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
  • 1Chr 27:5 — The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
  • 1Chr 27:34 — And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.
  • 1Kgs 1:8 — But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
  • 1Kgs 1:26 — But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
  • 1Kgs 1:32 — And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
  • 1Kgs 1:36 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
  • 1Kgs 1:38 — So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to
  • 1Kgs 1:44 — And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mul
  • 1Kgs 2:25 — And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
  • 1Kgs 2:29 — And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
  • 1Kgs 2:34 — So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
  • 1Kgs 2:35 — And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
  • 1Kgs 2:46 — So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
  • 1Kgs 4:4 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
  • 2Chr 22:11 — But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the dau
  • 2Chr 23:1 — And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the so
  • 2Chr 23:8 — So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sa
  • 2Chr 23:9 — Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God.
  • 2Chr 23:11 — Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
  • 2Chr 23:14 — Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. F
  • 2Chr 23:16 — And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.
  • 2Chr 23:18 — Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as i
  • 2Chr 24:2 — And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
  • 2Chr 24:3 — And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
  • 2Chr 24:6 — And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of M
  • 2Chr 24:12 — And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and br
  • 2Chr 24:14 — And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and
  • 2Chr 24:15 — But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
  • 2Chr 24:17 — Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
  • 2Chr 24:20 — And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cann
  • 2Chr 24:22 — Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
  • 2Chr 24:25 — And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he di
  • 2Kgs 11:4 — And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an
  • 2Kgs 11:9 — And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on
  • 2Kgs 11:15 — But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the
  • 2Kgs 11:17 — And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people.
  • 2Kgs 12:2 — And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
  • 2Kgs 12:7 — Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but
  • 2Kgs 12:9 — But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put
  • 2Sam 8:18 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
  • 2Sam 20:23 — Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
  • 2Sam 23:20 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow
  • 2Sam 23:22 — These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
  • Jer 29:26 — The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest pu
  • Neh 3:6 — Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Voices from the tradition

The Church Fathers on Jehoiada

Patristic commentary on the Scriptures that name Jehoiada.

After the kingdom had been pacified and its problems settled down, Jehoiada devoted himself to restore the religion of God, which had been destroyed by Joram and his successors. Therefore, in the first place, he persuaded the king and the entire people to renew the covenant made with God by their ancestors according to the words used…

Some such thing we read of in the book of Chronicles. For Joash the king of Judah at the age of seven was summoned by Jehoiada the priest to the kingdom and by the witness of Scripture is commended for all his actions as long as the aforesaid priest lived. But hear what Scripture relates of him after Jehoiada's death and how he was…

Zechariah was son of high priest Jehoiada, a man who was likewise very holy. They stoned Zechariah between the temple and the altar, as the Lord himself bore witness when he made mention of the blessed martyrs in the Gospel.

Historic voices touch this life

48 passages from 5 historic works cite verses that mention Jehoiada.