International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

josh'-a-fat (yoshaphaT, "Yahweh has judged"; compare JEHOSHAPHAT):

(1) One of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:43), a "Mithnite," but not included in the list of 2 Samuel 23.

(2) A priest and trumpeter of David's time (1 Chronicles 15:24), the King James Version "Jehoshaphat."