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Shilhi

Shilhi, the father of Azubah, who was the mother of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at 1 Kings 22:42.

Why it matters. Father of King Jehoshaphat's mother

Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Shilhi

Shilhi is mentioned in 1Ki.22.42 and 2Ch.20.31 as the father of Azubah, who was the mother of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king of Judah at the age of thirty-five and reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. The mention of Shilhi in these passages serves to provide genealogical information about Jehoshaphat's maternal lineage, highlighting the importance of family connections in the royal line of Judah.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Children
Azubah

Appears in Scripture

Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

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