People of the Bible · Genealogy of Jesus

Jerushah, daughter of Zadok

Jerushah is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in 2 Kings 15:33.

Family of Jerushah

Father

Spouse

Children

Who was Jerushah?

Possession, or possessed; i.e., “by a husband”, the wife of Uzziah, and mother of king Jotham (2 Kings 15:33).

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

Key verses about Jerushah

  • 2 Kings 15:33

    Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

  • 2 Chronicles 27:1

    Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.