Bible Figure

Jedidah

Female

mother of King Josiah of Judah

Jedidah was the wife of King Amon and mother of King Josiah of Judah.

Biography

Second Kings 22:1 identifies Josiah's mother as Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. Scripture provides no independent narrative about her.

Jedidah belongs to Judah's royal genealogy as the mother of Josiah, one of Judah's most important reforming kings.