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(Heb. Yehoiddah', éְäåֹòִãָּä , Jehovah is his ornament; Sept. É᾿ùéáäÜ v.r. É᾿áäÜ ), son of Ahaz, and father of Alemeth and others of the descendants of Saul through Mephibosheth (1Ch_8:36), called JARAH ( éִòְøָä Yarah', dropping of honey, as in 1Sa_14:27, otherwise woodsman, but more probably a corrupt reading for éִòְãָּä , Yahda', i.q. Jehoadah; Sept. É᾿áäÜ , Vulg. Jara) in the parallel passage (1Ch_9:42).. B.C. considerably post 1037. Jehoad'dan (Heb. ‘Yehoaddan', éְäåֹòִãָּï ,i. q. Jehoadah; Sept. É᾿ùáäÝí ), 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 éְäåֹòִãַּéï , Yehoaddin'). Her character may perhaps be inferred from the partially good conduct. of her son. B.C. 862-837.