The name יְהוֹשָׁפָט (Yehoshafat, 'YHWH has judged') belongs primarily to the righteous king of Judah who succeeded his father Asa and reigned during a period of religious reform and military alliance (1 Kgs 22; 2 Chr 17–20). Of the 84 occurrences, the vast majority refer to this king, with the remainder identifying other individuals: a recorder under David and Solomon (2 Sam 8:16), the father of King Jehu (2 Kgs 9:2), one of Solomon's supply officers (1 Kgs 4:17), and warriors in David's elite guard (1 Chr 11:43). The theophoric name combines YHWH (יהו) with the root שׁפט ('judge'). Spanish Josafat, French Josaphat, and German Josaphat reflect the Hellenized form Ἰωσαφάτ.