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Righteous King Jehoshaphat

Also known as Jehoshaphat King of Judah

A king of Judah who walked in the ways of the Lord and trusted Him in battle; an ancestor of Christ.

We have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
2 Chronicles, 20:12 · King James Version (PD)
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Notes

Among the Holy Forefathers, commemorated on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ. Ancestor of Christ. Individual veneration is not clearly attested; flagged for clergy review.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints