Valley Of Jehoshaphat
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Valley Of Jehoshaphat

(valley of the judgment of Jehovah), a valley mentioned by Joel only, as the spot in which, after the return of Judah and Jerusalem from captivity, Jehovah would gather all the heathen, (Joel 3:2) and would there sit to judge them for their misdeeds to Israel. ch. (Joel 3:12) The scene of "Jehovah's judgment" as been localized, and the name has come down to us attached to that deep ravine which separates Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, through which at one time the Kedron forced its stream. At what period the name "valley of Jehoshaphat" was first applied to this spot is unknown. It is not mentioned in the Bible or Josephus, but is first encountered in the middle of the fourth century. Both Moslems and Jews believe that the last judgment is to take place there. The steep sides of the ravine, wherever a level strip affords the opportunity, are crowded --in places almost paved-- by the sepulchres of the Moslems, or the simpler slabs of the Jewish tombs, alike awaiting the assembly of the last judgment. The name is generally confined by travellers to the upper part of the glen. (Others suppose that the name is only an imaginary one, "the valley of the judgment of Jehovah" referring to some great victories of God's people in which judgment was executed upon the heathen; or perhaps, as Keil, etc., to the end of the world. --ED.)

ATS Bible Dictionary
Valley Of Jehoshaphat

Or valley of the judgment of God, a metaphorical name of some place where God would judge the foes of his people, Joel 3:2,12. There is no ground for applying it to any known locality, or for connecting it, unless for mere illustration, with the great battle of Jehoshaphat described in 2 Chronicles 20:1-37. Since the third century, however, the name has been appropriated to the deep and narrow glen east of Jerusalem, running north and south between the city and the Mount of Olives, called in the Bible the brook Kidron. See JERUSALEM.

Strong's Hebrew
3092. Yehoshaphat -- "the LORD has judged," the name of a number ...
... From Yhovah and shaphat; Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites;
also of a valley near Jerusalem -- Jehoshaphat. Compare Yowshaphat. ...
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The Valley of Hinnom.
... upon the place) who come to worship from month to month, and from sabbath to sabbath,
shall go out without Jerusalem into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and shall ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 39 the valley of.htm

First Latin Form.
... [2649] Then the apostles, alarmed by so much brightness, arose, and with psalms
carried the holy body down from Mount Zion to the valley of Jehoshaphat. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the passing of mary/first latin form.htm

The Prophet Joel.
... form is as follows:"In the place nearest to the temple, and which was able to contain
a great multitude of people, in the valley of Jehoshaphat, all nations ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the prophet joel.htm

Meditations of the Blessed State of the Regenerate Man after Death ...
... iv.17), over the valley of Jehoshaphat, by Mount Olivet, near to Jerusalem, eastward
from the temple, as it is probable, for four reasons:". ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/3 meditations of the blessed.htm

Joel's Rhapsody of the Locust Plague
... time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather
all nations, and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat[6]; and ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/joels rhapsody of the locust.htm

Concerning Jehoshaphat Again; How He Constituted Judges And,
... to be enemies, and slew one another, insomuch that not one man out of so great an
army escaped; and when Jehoshaphat looked upon that valley wherein their ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 concerning jehoshaphat again.htm

Joel
... restoration of Judah has as its correlative the destruction of Judah's enemies,
who are represented as gathered together in the valley of Jehoshaphat"ie the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/joel.htm

The Battle of Armageddon.
... Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for
there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/6 the battle of armageddon.htm

The King on his Judgment Throne
... Sitting there, a wearied man on the Mount of Olives, with the valley of Jehoshaphat
at His feet, which the Jew regarded as the scene of the final judgment ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the king on his judgment.htm

The Adulterous Woman.
... It was separated from the city by the valley of Jehoshaphat, through which flowed
the brook Kedron, and overlooked Jerusalem from the east. ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the adulterous woman.htm

Resources
What is the Valley of Baca in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What is the valley of decision (Joel 3:14)? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to walk through the valley of the shadow of death? | GotQuestions.org

Valley: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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