Jumping Jehosaphat

I’ve been hearing this phrase for years and have no idea what it refers to.
Any idea who Jehosaphat is and why the hell he is jumping?

It has something to do with a conspiracy between Lawrence Fishburne and some cable companies.

That’s about all I can tell you right now . . . There’s sunglassed agents on their way to come get me. I gotta run . . . :eek:

Tripler
Now if I can just work in a reference to Event Horizon. . .

It’s a euphemism for Jesus, probably taken from the name of the king of Judah mentioned in the Bible.

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