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Jehoaddan

The name Jehoaddan means “pleasure, or time, of the Lord.” Jehoaddan is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in 2 Kings 14:2.

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Who was Jehoaddan?

Jehovah his ornament, the wife of King Jehoash, and mother of King Amaziah (2 Kings 14:2).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Jehoaddan

  • 2 Kings 14:2

    He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:1

    Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.