Josheba

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Jehosheba was the Tanakh called daughter of King Joram and King's sister Ahaziah .

etymology

The Hebrew name Joscheba is written in the MT in 2 Kings 11.2  EU יְהֹושֶׁבַע jəhôšæva ' and in 2 Chr 22.11  EU יְהֹושַׁבְעַת jəhôšav'at . The names have the same meaning. The subject (יְהֹו jəhô ) is YHWH , the predicate belongs to the root שֶׁבַע šv ' "swear". The name therefore means "YHWH has sworn".

The biblical tradition

The story of Josheba is told in 2 Kings 11.1–3  EU and 2 Chr 22.10–12  EU . It is part of the history of the power and religious political conflicts in the kingdoms of Judah and Israel in the 840s and 830s of the 9th century BC. Chr .: in terms of power politics between the usurper Jehu and the dynasty of the Omrids , in terms of religious politics between the followers of Baal and the followers of YHWH .

After Jehu killed the king of Judah, Ahaziah , Ahaziah's mother Ataliah took control of Jerusalem. In order not to have to fear any aspirants to the throne, in 842 B.C. BC or 841 BC To exterminate the members of the Davidid family into which she had married. Atalja also wanted to kill her grandson Joasch , the son of Ahaziah, who was still an infant at the time. But Ahaziah's sister Joscheba brought her nephew Joas to safety from his grandmother by hiding him with his nurse in their room. Joscheba was married to the priest Jojada, ( 2 Chr 22.11  EU ) who saw himself as “guardian of Davidic tradition”. So Josheba entrusted little Joash to her husband, who hid the future king in the temple area for six years, until Atalya's death.

As short as the story of Josheba is, it is theologically significant as a link in the chain of biblical narratives of the saving acts of women.

literature

  • Antje Labahn: Atalja and Joscheba (2 Chr 22.10-23.21). A tense relationship against the background of the beginning confrontation with Samaria. In: Manfred Oeming (Ed.): Theology of the OT from the perspective of women. Lit Verlag, Münster 2003, ISBN 3-8258-6386-7 , pp. 277-311.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Gesenius , 16th ed. 1915, p. 803.
  2. ^ Antonius HJ Gunneweg: History of Israel up to Bar Kochba. 2nd edition Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002989-4 , pp. 99-101.
  3. ↑ so the dating of William Foxwell Albright
  4. ↑ so the dating of Edwin R. Thiele
  5. ^ Siegfried Herrmann: History of Israel in Old Testament times . Chr. Kaiser, Munich 1973. ISBN 3-459-00869-5 . P. 279.
personal data
SURNAME Josheba
ALTERNATIVE NAMES יהושבע (Hebrew)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Daughter of king Joram and sister of king Ahaziah
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 9th century BC BC or 8th century BC Chr.