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Azubah
Deserted. (1.) The wife of Caleb (1 Chr 2:18, 1 Chr 2:19).
(2.) The daughter of Shilhi, and mother of king Jehoshaphat (1 Kgs 22:42).
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- 1 Kings 22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
- 1 Chronicles 2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
- 1 Chronicles 2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
- 2 Chronicles 20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
