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(Heb. Yoäsh', the name of several persons, written in two forms in the original. 1. ( éåֹàָùׁ , a contracted form of JEHOASH; Septuag. É᾿ùÜò ) The father of Gideon, buried in Ophrah where he had lived (Jdg_6:11; Jdg_6:29; Jdg_7:14; Jdg_8:13; Jdg_8:29; Jdg_8:32). Although himself probably an idolater, he ingeniously screened his son from the popular indignation in overthrowing the altar of Baal (Jdg_6:30-31). B.C. 1362. SEE GIDEON.
2. (Same form as preceding; Sept. É᾿ùñÜò v.r. É᾿ùÜò ) A son of Shemaah or Hasmaah the Gibeathite, and second only to his brother Ahiezer among the brave Benjamite archers that joined David at Ziklag (1Ch_12:3). B.C. 1055.
3. (Same form as preceding; Sept. É᾿ùÜò ) One of the descendants of Shelah, son of Judah, mentioned among those who were in some way distinguished among the Moabites in early times (1Ch_4:22). B.C. perh. cir. 995. SEE JASHUBI-LEHEM. “The Hebrew tradition, quoted by Jerome (Quoest. Hebr. in Paral.) and Jarchi (Comm. ad loc.), applies it to Mahlon, the son of Elimelech, who married a Moabitess. The expression rendered in the A.V., ‘who had the dominion ( áָּòֲìåּ ) in Moab,' would, according to this interpretation, signify ‘who married in Moab.' The same explanation is given in the Targum of R. Joseph.”
4. (Same form as preceding; Sept. É᾿ùÜò ) An eminent officer of king Ahab, to whose close custody the prophet Micaiah was remanded for denouncing the allied expedition against Ramoth-Gilead (1Ki_22:26; 2Ch_18:25). B.C. 896. He is styled “the king's son,” which is usually taken literally, Thenius (Comment. ad loc., in Kings) suggesting that he may have been placed with the governor of the city for military education. Geiger conjectures that Maaseiah, “the king's son,” in 2Ch_28:7, was a prince of the Moloch worship, and that Joash was a priest of the same. (Urschrift, p. 307). The title, however, may merely indicate a youth of princely stock.
5. (Same form as preceding: Sept. É᾿ùÜò ) King of Judah (2Ki_11:2; 2Ki_12:19-20; 2Ki_13:1; 2Ki_13:10; 2Ki_14:1; 2Ki_14:3; 2Ki_14:17; 2Ki_14:23; 1Ch_3:11; 2Ch_22:11; 2Ch_24:1 [ éàֹùׁ ], 2, 4, 22, 24; 25:23, 25). SEE JEHOASH, 1.
6. (Same form as preceding; Sept. É᾿ùÜò ) King of Israel (2Ki_13:9; 2Ki_13:12-14; 2Ki_13:25; 2Ki_14:1; 2Ki_14:23; 2Ki_14:27; 2Ch_25:17-18; 2Ch_25:21; 2Ch_25:23; Hos_1:1; Amo_1:1). SEE JEHOASH, 2.
7. ( éåֹòָùׁ , to whom Jehovah hastens, i.e. for aid; Sept. É᾿ùÜò .) One of the “sons” of Becher, son of Benjamin, a chieftain of his family (1Ch_7:8). B.C. prob. cir. 1017.
8. (Same form as last; Septuag. É᾿ùÜò .) The person having charge of the royal stores of oil under David and Solomon (1Ch_27:28). B.C. 1014.