Jehoadah
Jeho'adah (Heb. Yehoiddah', יהוֹעִדָּה , Jehovah is his ornament; Sept. Ι᾿ωιαδά v.r. Ι᾿αδά), son of Ahaz, and father of Alemeth and others of the descendants of Saul through Mephibosheth (1Ch 8:36), called JARAH (יִערָה Yarah', dropping of honey, as in 1Sa 14:27, otherwise woodsman, but more probably a corrupt reading for יִעדָּה, Yahda', i.q. Jehoadah; Sept. Ι᾿αδά, Vulg. Jara) in the parallel passage (1Ch 9:42).. B.C. considerably post 1037. Jehoad'dan (Heb. 'Yehoaddan', יהוֹעִדָּן,i. q. Jehoadah; Sept. Ι᾿ωαδέν), a female of Jerusalem, mother of king Amaziah, and consequently wife of king Jehoash, whom she appears to have survived (1Ki 14:2; 2Ch 25:1; in the former of which passages the text has יהוֹעִדַּין, Yehoaddin'). Her character may perhaps be inferred from the partially good conduct. of her son. B.C. 862-837.
