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Jaakan
(he shall surround), the same as Jakan, the forefather of Bene-Jaakan. (10:6)
Jaakobah
(supplanter), one of the princes of the families of Simeon. () (B.C. about 710.)
Jaala
(wild she-goat). Bene-Jaala were among the descendants of "Solomon’s slaves" who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. () (B.C. before 536.) The name also occurs as Ja-alah.
Jaalah
(wild goat). ()
Jaalam
(whom God hides), a son of Esau, (,,) comp. And a head of a tribe of Edom. (B.C. 1790.).
Jaanai
(whom Jehovah answers), a chief man in the tribe of Gad. ()
Jaareoregim
(forests of the weavers), () a Bethlehemite, and the father of Elhanan who slew Goliath. In the parallel passage, () Jair is found instead of Jaare, and Oregim is omitted. (B.C. 1063.)
Jaasau
(whom Jehovah made), one of the Bene-Bani who had married a foreign wife. () (B.C. 459.)
Jaasiel
(whom God comforts), son of the great Abner. () (B.C. 1046-1014.)
Jaazaniah
(whom Jehovah hears).
1. One of the captains of the forces who accompanied Hohanan ben-Kareah to pay his respects to Gedaliah at Mizpah, () and who appears afterwards to have assisted in recovering Ishmael’s prey from his clutches. Comp. (; ,) (B.C. 587.)
2. Son of Shaphan. () It is possible that he is identical with
3. Son of Azur; one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy. () (B.C. 593.)
4. A Rechabite, son of Jeremiah. () (B.C. 606.)
Jaazer, Or Jazer
(Jehovah helps), a town on the east of Jordan, in or near to Gilead. (,; ) We first hear of it in possession of the Amorites, and as taken by Israel after Heshbon, and on their way from thence to Bashan. () It seems to have given its name to a district of dependent or "daughter" towns, () Authorized Version "villages," 1 Macc. 5:8, the "land of Jazer." ()
Jaaziah
(whom Jehovah comforts), apparently a third son, or a descendant, or Merari the Levite. (,) (B.C. before 1014).
Jaaziel
(whom Jehovah comforts), one of the Levites appointed by David to perform the musical service before the ark. () (B.C. 1014).
Jabal
(stream), the son of Lamech and Adah, () and brother of Jubal. He is described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
Jabbok
(emptying), a stream which intersects the mountain range of Gilead, comp. (,) and falls into the Jordan on the east about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. It was anciently the border of the children of Ammon. (; 2:37; 3:16) It was on the south bank of the Jabbok that the interview took place between Jacob and Esau, () and this river afterward became, toward its western part, the boundary between the kingdoms of Sihon and Og. (,) Its modern name is Wady Zurka .
Jabesh
(dry).
1. Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. (,,)
2. Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense Gilead included the half tribe of Manasseh, () as well as the tribes of Gad and Reuben, () east of the Jordan; and of the cities of Gilead, Jabesh was the chief. It is first mentioned in () Being attacked subsequently by Nahash the Ammonite, it gave Saul an opportunity of displaying his prowess in its defence. () Eusebius places it beyond the Jordan, six miles from Pella on the mountain road to Gerasa; where its name is probably preserved in the Wady Yabes.
Jabez
(sorrow).
1. Apparently a place at which the families of the scribes resided who belonged to the families of the Kenites. ()
2. The name occurs again in the genealogies of Judah, (,) in a passage of remarkable detail inserted in a genealogy again connected with Bethlehem. ver. 4.
Jabin
(whom God observes).
1. King of Hazor, who organized a confederacy of the northern princes against the Israelites. () Joshua surprised the allied forces by the waters of Merom, ver. 7, and utterly routed them. (B.C. 1448.) During the ensuing wars Joshua again attacked Jabin, and burnt his city. ()
2. A king of Hazor, whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak. (,) (B.C. 1316.)
Jabneel
(building of God).
1. One of the points on the northern boundary of Judah, not quite at the sea, though near it. () There is no sign, however, of its ever having been occupied by Judah. Josephus attributes it to the Danites. There was a constant struggle going on between that tribe and the Philistines for the possession of all the places in the lowland plains, and it is not surprising that the next time we meet with Jabneel it should be in the hands of the latter. () Uzziah dispossessed them of it and demolished its fortifications. Called also JABNEH. At the time of the fall of Jerusalem, Jabneh was one of the most populous places of Judea. The modern village of Yebna , more accurately Ibna , stands about two miles from the sea, on a slight eminence just south of the Nahr Rubin .
2. One of the landmarks on the boundary of Naphtali, () in upper Galilee.
Jabneh
(building of God), () [JABNEEL]
Jachan
(affliction), one of seven chief men of the tribe of Gad. ()
Jachin
(he shall establish).
1. One of the two pillars which were set up "in the porch," () or before the temple. () of Solomon. [BOAZ]
2. Fourth son of Simeon, (; ) founder of the family of the Jachinites. ()
3. Head of the twenty-first course of priests in the time of David. (; ; )
Jacinth
a precious stone, forming one of the foundations of the walls of the new Jerusalem. () Called hyacinth in the Revised Version. This is simply a different English rendering of the same Greek original. It is probably identical with the lighure of () The Jacinth or hyacinth is a red variety of zircon, which is found in square prisms of a white, gray, red, reddish-brown, yellow or pale-green color. The expression in () "of jacinth," is descriptive simply of a dark-purple color.
Jacob
(supplanter), the second son of Isaac and Rebekah. He was born with Esau, probably at the well of Lahai-roi, about B.C. 1837. His history is related in the latter half of the book of Genesis. He bought the birthright from his brother Esau, and afterward acquired the blessing intended for Esau, by practicing a well-known deceit on Isaac. (Jacob did not obtain the blessing because of his deceit, but in spite of it. That which was promised he would have received in some good way; but Jacob and his mother, distrusting God’s promise, sought the promised blessing in a wrong way, and received with it trouble and sorrow. --ED.) Jacob, in his 78th year, was sent from the family home to avoid his brother, and to seek a wife among his kindred in Padan-aram. As he passed through Bethel, God appeared to him. After the lapse of twenty-one years he returned from Padan-aram with two wives, two concubines, eleven sons and a daughter, and large property. He escaped from the angry pursuit of Laban, from a meeting with Esau, and from the vengeance of the Canaanites provoked by the murder of Shechem; and in each of these three emergencies he was aided and strengthened by the interposition of God, and in sign of the grace won by a night of wrestling with God his name was changed at Jabbok into Israel. Deborah and Rachel died before he reached Hebron; Joseph, the favorite son of Jacob, was sold into Egypt eleven years before the death of Isaac; and Jacob had probably exceeded his 130th year when he went tither. He was presented to Pharaoh, and dwelt for seventeen years in Rameses and Goshen, and died in his 147th year. His body was embalmed, carried with great care and pomp into the land of Canaan, and deposited with his fathers, and his wife Leah, in the cave of Machpelah. The example of Jacob is quoted by the first and the last of the minor prophets. Besides the frequent mention of his name in conjunction with the names of the other two patriarchs, there are distinct references to the events in the life of Jacob in four books of the New Testament - (; ,; ,; ; ; )
Jacobs Well
a deep spring in the vicinity of Shechem (called Sychar in Christ’s time and Nablus at the present day). It was probably dug by Jacob whose name it bears. On the curb of the well Jesus sat and discoursed with the Samaritan woman. () It is situated about half a mile southeast of Nablus, at the foot of Mount Gerizim. It is about nine feet in diameter and 75 feet deep. At some seasons it is dry; at others it contains a few feet of water.
Jada
(wise), son of Onam and brother of Shammai, in the genealogy of the sons of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah. (,) (B.C. after 1445.)
Jadau
(loving), one of the Bene-Nebo who had taken a foreign wife. () (B.C. 459.)
Jaddua
(known).
1. Son and successor in the high priesthood of Jonathan or Johanan. He is the last of the high priests mentioned in the Old Testament, and probably altogether the latest name in the canon. (,) (B.C. 406-332.)
2. One of the chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. () (B.C. 410.)
Jadon
(judge), the Meronothite, who assisted to repair the wall of Jerusalem. () (B.C. 446.)
Jael
(mountain goat), the wife of Heber the Kenite. (B.C. 1316.) In the headlong rout which followed the defeat of the Canaanites by Barak, at Megiddo on the plain of Esdraelon, Sisera, their general, fled to the tent of the Kenite chieftainess, at Kedesh in Naphtali, four miles northwest of Lake Merom. He accepted Jael’s invitation to enter, and she flung a mantle over him as he lay wearily on the floor. When thirst prevented sleep, and he asked for water, she brought him buttermilk in her choicest vessel. At last, with a feeling of perfect security, he feel into a deep sleep. Then it was that Jael took one of the great wooden pins which fastened down the cords of the tent, and with one terrible blow with a mallet dashed it through Sisera’s temples deep into the earth. () She then waited to meet the pursuing Barak, and led him into her tent that she might in his presence claim the glory of the deed! Many have supposed that by this act she fulfilled the saying of Deborah, () and hence they have supposed that Jael was actuated by some divine and hidden influence. But the Bible gives no hint of such an inspiration.
Jagur
(lodging),a town of Judah, one of those farthest to the south, on the frontier of Edom. ()
Jah
(Jehovah), the abbreviated form of Jehovah, used only in poetry. It occurs frequently in the Hebrew, but with a single exception, () is rendered "Lord" in the Authorized Version. The identity of Jah and Jehovah is strongly marked in two passages of Isaiah-- (; ) [JEHOVAH].
Jahath
(union).
1. Son of Libni, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. () (B.C. after 1706.)
2. Head of a later house in the family of Gershom, being the eldest son of Shimei, the son of Laadan. (,)
3. A man in the genealogy of Judah, () son of Reaiah ben-Shobal.
4. A Levite, son of Shelomoth. ()
5. A Merarite Levite in the reign of Josiah. () (B.C. 623.)
Jahaz, Also Jahaza, Jahazah And Juhzah
(trodden down). Under these four forms is given in the Authorized Version the name of a place which in the Hebrew appears as Yahats and Yahtsah . At Jahaz the decisive battle was fought between the children of Israel and Sihon king of the Amorites. (; ; ) It was in the allotment of Reuben. () Like many others relating to the places east of the Dead Sea, the question of its site must await further research.
Jahaza
(trodden down). () [JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH]
Jahazah
(trodden down). (; ) [JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH]
Jahaziel
(whom God watches over)
1. One of the heroes of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag. () (B.C. 1055.)
2. A priest in the reign of David. ()
3. A Kohathite Levite, third son of Hebron. (; )
4. Son of Zechariah, a Levite of the Bene-Asaph in the reign of Jehoshaphat. () (B.C. 896.)
5. The "son of Jahaziel" was the chief of the Bene-Shecaniah who returned from Babylon with Ezra. () (B.C. before 459.)
Jahdai
(whom Jehovah directs), a man who appears to be thrust abruptly into the genealogy of Caleb, as the father of six sons. ()
Jahdiel
(whom Jehovah makes joyful), a chieftain of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. () (B.C. 320.)
Jahdo
(united), a Gadite, () son of Buz and father of Jeshishai.
Jahleel
(hoping in Jehovah), the third of the three sons of Zebulun, (; ) founder of the family of Jahleelites. (B.C. 1706.)
Jahmai
(whom Jehovah guards), a man of Issachar, one of the heads of the house of Tolah. () (B.C. 1491)
Jahnziah
(whom Jehovah watches over), son of Tikvah, apparently a priest. ()
Jahzah
(trodden down). () [JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH]
Jahzeel
(whom God allots), the first of the four sons of Naphtali, () founder of the family of the Jahzeelites. () (B.C. 1306.)
Jahzerah
(whom God leads back), a priest of the house of Immer. ()
Jahziel
(whom God allots), the same as JAHZEEL. ()
Jair
(enlightener).
1. A man who on his father’s side was descended from Judah, and on his mother’s from Manasseh. (B.C. 1451.) During, the conquest he took the whole of the tract of Argob (3:14) and in addition possessed himself of some nomad villages in Gilead, which he called after his own name Havoth-Jair. (; )
2. JAIR THE GILEADITE, who judged Israel for two-and-twenty years. () (B.C. 1160.) He had thirty sons, and possessed thirty cities in the land of Gilead, which like those of their namesakes were called Havoth-jair.
3. A Benjamite, son of Kish and father of Mordecai. () (B.C. before 598.)
4. The father of Elhanan, one of the heroes of David’s army. ()
Jairite
(descendant of Jair). The IRA THE JAIRITE was a priest (Authorized Version "chief ruler") to David ()
Jairus
(whom God enlightens).
1. A ruler of a synagogue, probably in some town near the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. (; ; ) (A.D. 28.)
2. (Esther 11:2) [JAIR, 3]
Jakamean
(who gathers the people together), a Levite in the time of King David; fourth of the sons of Hebron, the son of Kohath. (; ) (B.C. 1014.)
Jakan
(sagacious), son of Ezer the Horite. () The same as JAAKANJAAKAN. [And see AKAN]
Jakeh
(pious). [PROVERBS, BOOK OF, BOOK OF]
Jakim
(whom God sets up).
1. Head of the twelfth course of priests in the reign of David. () (B.C. 1014.)
2. A Benjamite, one of the Bene-Shimhi. () (B.C. 588.)
Jalon
(abiding), one of the sons of Ezra. ()
Jambres
[JANNES AND JAMBRES]
James
(the Greek form of Jacob, supplanter).
1. James the son of Zebedee, one of the twelve apostles. He was elder brother of the evangelist John. His mother’s name was Salome. We first hear of him in A.D. 27, () when at the call of the Master he left all, and became, one and forever, his disciple, in the spring of 28. (; ; ; ) It would seem to have been at the time of the appointment of the twelve apostles that the name of Boanerges was given to the sons of Zebedee. The "sons of thunder" had a burning and impetuous spirit, which twice exhibits itself. (; ) On the night before the crucifixion James was present at the agony in the garden. On the day of the ascension he is mentioned as persevering with the rest of the apostles and disciples, in prayer. () Shortly before the day of the Passover, in the year 44, he was put to death by Herod Agrippa I. (,)
2. James the son of Alpheus, one of the twelve apostles. () Whether or not this James is to be identified with James the Less, the son of Alphaeus, the brother of our Lord, is one of the most difficult questions in the gospel history. By comparing () and with We find that the Virgin Mary had a sister named, like herself, Mary, who was the wife of Clopas or Alpheus (varieties of the same name), and who had two sons, James the Less and Joses. By referring to () and We find that a James the Less and Joses, with two other brethren called Jude and Simon, and at least three sisters, were sisters with the Virgin Mary at Nazareth by referring to () and We find that there were two brethren named James and Jude among the apostles. It would certainly be natural to think that we had here but one family of four brothers and three or more sisters, the children of Clopas and Mary, nephews and nieces of the Virgin Mary. There are difficulties however, in the way of this conclusion into which we cannot here enter; but in reply to the objection that the four brethren in () are described as the brothers of Jesus, not as his cousins, it must be recollected that adelphoi, which is here translated "brethren," may also signify cousins.
James The Less
called the Less because younger or smaller in stature than James the son of Zebedee. He was the son of Alpheus or Clopas and brother of our Lord (see above); was called to the apostolate, together with his younger brother Jude, in the spring of the year 28. At some time in the forty days that intervened between the resurrection and the ascension the Lord appeared to him. () Ten years after we find James on a level with Peter, and with him deciding on the admission of St. Paul into fellowship with the Church at Jerusalem; and from henceforth we always find him equal, or in his own department superior, to the very chiefest apostles, Peter, John and Paul. (; ,) This pre-eminence is evident throughout the after history of the apostles, whether we read it in the Acts, in the epistles or in ecclesiastical writers. (; ,; ; ) According to tradition, James was thrown down from the temple by the scribes and Pharisees; he was then stoned, and his brains dashed out with a fuller’s club.
James, The General Epistle Of
The author of this epistle was in all probability James the son of Alphaeus, and our Lord’s brother It was written from Jerusalem, which St. James does not seem to have ever left. It was probably written about A.D. 62, during the interval between Paul’s two imprisonments. Its main object is not to teach doctrine, but to improve morality. St. James is the moral teacher of the New Testament. He wrote for the Jewish Christians, whether in Jerusalem or abroad, to warn them against the sins to which as Jews they were most liable, and to console and exhort them under the sufferings to which as Christians they were most exposed.
Jamin
(right hand).
1. Second son of Simeon, (Genesis46:10; ; Founder of the family of the Jaminites. () (B.C. 1706.)
2. A man of Judah, second son of Ram the Jerahmeelite. ()
3. One of the Levites who expounded the law to the people. () (B.C. 410.)
Jamlech
(whom God makes king), one of the chief men of the tribe of Simeon. ()
Jamnin
[JABNEEL]
Janna
(flourishing), son of Joseph, and father of Melchi, in the genealogy of Christ. () In the Revised Version written JANNAI.
Jannes
and Jam’bres , the names of two Egyptian magicians who opposed Moses. ; ,. (B.C. 1492.)
Janoah
(rest), a place apparently in the north of Galilee, or the "land of Naphtali," --one of those taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine. () No trace of it appears elsewhere.
Janohah
(rest), a place on the boundary of Ephraim (,) east of Neapolis. A little less than twelve miles from Nablus and about southeast in direction, two miles from Akrabeh is the village of Yanun , doubtless identical with the ancient Janohah.
Janum
(slumber), a town of Judah in the mountain district, apparently not far from Hebron. ()
Japheth
(enlargement), one of the three sons of Noah. The descendants of Japheth occupied the "isles of the Gentiles," () --i.e. the coast lands of the Mediterranean Sea in Europe and Asia Minor-- whence they spread northward over the whole continent of Europe and a considerable portion of Asia.
Japhia
(splendid).
1. King of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites. () (B.C. 1450.)
2. One of the sons of David born to him in Jerusalem. (; ; ) (B.C. 1046.)
Japhia
(splended) The boundary of Zebulun ascended from Daberath to Japhia, and thence passed to Gath-hepher. () Yafa , two miles south of Nazareth. ,is not unlikely to be identical with Japhin.
Japhleli
(the Japhletite). The boundary of the "Japhletite" is one of the landmarks on the south boundary line of Ephraim. ()
Japhlet
(whom God delivers) a descendant of Asher through Beriah. (,)
Japho
(beauty). (John 19:46) The Hebrew form for the better-known JOPPA, OR JAPHO. (; ; ) In its modern garb it is Yafa .
Jarah
(honey), a descendant of Saul; son of Micah and great-grandson of Mephibosheth. () comp.
Jareb
(adversary) is to be explained either as the proper name of a country or person, as a noun in apposition, or as a verb from a root, rub , "to contend plead." All these senses are represented in the Authorized Version and the marginal readings, (; ) and the east preferable has been inserted in the text. Jareb is most probably the name of some city of Assyria or another name of the country itself.
Jared
(descent), one of the antediluvian patriarchs, and further of Enoch (,,; ) In the lists of Chronicles the name is given in the Authorized Version JERED.
Jaresiah
(whom Jehovah nourishes),a Benjamite, one of the Bene-Jehoram. ()
Jarha
the Egyptian servant of Sheshan, about the time of Eli, to whom his master gave his daughter and heir in marriage; (,) (B.C. before 1491.)
Jarib
(adversary).
1. Named in the list of () only, as a son of Simeon. Perhaps the same as JACHIN. Genesis46; Exod 6;
2. One of the "chief men" who accompanied Ezra on his journey from Babylon to Jerusalem. () (B.C. 469.)
3. A priest of the house of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, who had married a foreign wife, and was compelled by Ezra to put her away. () (B.C. 459.)
4. 1 Macc. 14:29. A contraction or corruption of the name JOARIB. ch. 2:1.
Jarimoth
(heights). 1 Esd. 9:28. [JEREMOTH]
Jarmuth
(high).
1. A town in the low country of Judah. (Joshua 16:35) Its king, Piram, was one of the five who conspired. to punish Gibeon for having made alliance with Israel, (,) and who were routed at Beth-horon and put to death by Joshua at Makkedah. ver. 33. Its site is probably the modern Yarmuk .
2. A city of Issachar allotted with its suburbs to the Gershonite Levites. ()
Jaroah
(moon), a chief man of the tribe of Gad ()
Jashen
(sleeping). Bene-Jashen --"sons of Jashen"-- are named in the catalogue of the heroes of David’s guard in () (B.C. 1046.)
Jasher
(upright),Book of ("the book of the upright"), alluded to in two passages only of the Old Testament. () and It was probably written in verse; and it has been conjectured that it was a collection of ancient records of honored men or noble deeds. It is wholly lost.
Jashobeam
(to whom the people turn), named first among the chief of the mighty men of David. () (B.C. 1046.) He came to David at Ziklag. His distinguishing exploit was that he slew 300 (or 800,) () men at one time.
Jashub
(he turns).
1. The third son of Issachar, and founder of the family of the Jashubites. (Numbers 26;24; ) (B.C. 1706.)
2. One of the sons of Bani, who had to put away his foreign wife. () (B.C. 459.)
Jashubilehem
(turner back for food), a person or a place named among the descendants of Shelah, the son of Judah by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. ()
Jasiel
(whom God made), the last named on the list of David’s heroes in ()
Jason
(one who will heal), called the Thessalonian, entertained Paul and Silas, and was in consequence attacked by the Jewish mob. (,,,) (A.D. 48.) He is probably the same as the Jason mentioned in () It is conjectured that Jason and Secundus, () were the same.
Jasper
a precious stone frequently noticed in Scripture. It was the last of the twelve inserted in the high priest’s breastplate, (; ) and the first of the twelve used in the foundations of the new Jerusalem. () The characteristics of the stone as far as they are specified in Scripture, () are that it "was most precious," and "like crystal;" we may also infer from () that it was a stone of brilliant and transparent light. The stone which we name "jasper" does not accord with this description. There can be no doubt that the diamond would more adequately answer to the description in the book of Revelation.
Jathniel
(whom God gives), a Korhite Levite, the fourth of the family of Meshelemiah. () (B.C. 1014.)
Jattir
(pre-eminent), a town of Judah in the mountain districts, () one of the group containing Socho, Eshtemoa, etc. See also (; ; ) By Robinson it is identified with ’Attir , six miles north of Molada and ten miles south of Hebron.
Javan
(clay).
1. A son of Japheth. (,) Javan was regarded as the representative of the Greek race. The name was probably introduced into Asia by the Phoenicians, to whom the Ionians were naturally better known than any other of the Hellenic races, on account of their commercial activity and the high prosperity of their towns on the western coast of Asia Minor.
2. A town in the souther part of Arabia (Yemen), whither the Phoenicians traded. ()
Javelin
[ARMS, ARMOR]
Jazer
(Jehovah helps). [JAAZER, OR JAZER]
Jaziz
(whom God moves), a Hagarite who had charge of the flocks of King David. () (B.C. 1046.)
Jearim
(forests), Mount, a place named in specifying the northern boundary of Judah. () The boundary ran from Mount Seir to "the shoulder of Mount Jearim, which is Cesalon" --that is, Cesalon was the landmark on the mountain. Kesla , seven miles due west of Jerusalem, stands on a high point on the north slope of a lofty ridge, which is probably Mount Jearim.
Jeaterai
(whom Jehovah leads), a Gershonite Levite, son of Zerah. ()
Jeberechiah
(whom Jehovah blesses), father of a certain Zechariah, in the reign of Ahaz, mentioned () (B.C. about 739.)
Jebus
(threshing-floor), one of the names of Jerusalem, the city of the Jebusites, are called JEBUSI. (; ,; ,; ,) [JERUSALEM]
Jebusi
(from Jebus), the name employed for the city of JEBUS. (; ,)
Jebusites
(descendants of Jebus), The, were descended from the third son of Canaan. (; ) The actual people first appear in the invaluable report of the spies. () When Jabin organized his rising against Joshua, the Jebusites joined him. () "Jebus, which is Jerusalem," lost its king in the slaughter of Beth-horon, (,,) comp. Was sacked and burned by the men of Judah, () and its citadel finally scaled and occupied by David. () After this they emerge from the darkness but once, in the person of Araunah the Jebusite, "Araunah the king," who appears before us in true kingly dignity in his well-known transaction with David. (; ,)
Jecamiah
(whom Jehovah gathers), one of seven who were introduced into the royal line, on the failure of it in the person of Jehoiachin. ()
Jecholiah
(strong through Jehovah) wife of Amaziah king of Judah, and mother of Azariah or Uzziah his successor. () (B.C. 824-807.)
Jecoliah
The same as JECHOLIAH. ()
Jeconiah
(whom Jehovah establishes). [See JEHOIACHIN]
Jeconias
the Greek form of Jeconiah, an altered form of Jehoiachin. [JEHOIACHIN]
Jedaiah
1. A Simeonite, forefather of Ziza. ()
2. Son of Harumaph; a man who did his part in the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem. () (B.C. 446.)
Jedaiah
(praise Jehovah).
1. Head of the second course of priests, as they were divided in the time of David. () (B.C. 1014.) some of them survived to return to Jerusalem after the Babylonish captivity, as appears from (; )
2. A priest in the time of Jeshua the high priest. (,) (B.C. 536.)
Jediael
(known of God).
1. A chief patriarch of the tribe of Benjamin. (,) It is usually assumed that Jediael is the same as Ashbel, (; ; ) but this is not certain.
2. Second son of Meshelemiah, a Levite. (,)
3. Son of Shimri; one of the heroes of David’s guard. () (B.C. 1046.)
4. One of the chiefs of the thousands of Manasseh who joined David on his march to Ziklag. () comp. , (B.C. 1053.)
Jedidah
(one beloved), queen of Amon and mother of the good king Josiah. () (B.C. 648.)
Jedidiah
(beloved of Jehovah), Jedid-jah (darling of Jehovah), the name bestowed, through Nathan the prophet, on David’s son Solomon. ()
Jeduthun
(praising), a Levite of the family of Merari, is probably the same as Ethan. Comp. (,) with ,; ,,; His office was generally to preside over the music of the temple service, Jeduthun’s name stands at the head of the 39th, 62d and 77th Psalms, indicating probably that they were to be sung by his choir. (B.C. 1014.)
Jeezer
(father of help), () the name of a descendant of Manasseh and founder of the family of the Jeezerites. In parallel lists the name is given as ABI-EZER.
Jegarsahadutha
(heap of testimony), the Aramaean name given by Laban the Syrian to the heap of stones which he erected as a memorial of the compact between Jacob and himself. () Galeed, a "witness heap," which is given as the Hebrew equivalent, does not exactly represent Jegar-sahadutha.
Jehaleleel
(who praises God). Four men of the Bene-Jehaleleel are introduced abruptly into the genealogies of Judah. ()
Jehalelel
(who praises God), a Merarite Levite, father of Azariah. ()
Jehdeiah
(whom Jehovah makes glad).
1. The representative of the Bene-Shubael, in the time of David. ()
2. A Meronothite who had charge of the she-asses of David. () (B.C. 1046.)
Jehezekel
(whom God makes strong), a priest to whom was given by David the charge of the twentieth of the twenty-four courses in the service of the house of Jehovah. () (B.C. 1014.)
Jehiah
(Jehovah lives), "doorkeeper for the ark" at the time of its establishment in Jerusalem. () (B.C. 1043.)
Jehiel
(treasured of God), a perfectly distinct name from the last.
1. A man described as father of Gibeon; a fore-father of King Saul. ()
2. One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite; a member of David’s guard. () (B.C. 1046.)
Jehiel
(God lives).
1. One of the Levites appointed by David to assist in the service of the house of God. (,; )
2. One of the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, put to death by his brother Jehoram. (,) (B.C. 887.)
3. One of the rulers of the house of God at the time of the reforms of Josiah. () (B.C. 623.)
4. A Gershonite Levite, () who had charge of the treasures. ch. ()
5. A son of Hachmoni named in the list of David’s officers, () as "with the king’s sons," whatever that may mean.
6. A Levite who took part in the restorations of King Hezekiah. () (B.C. 726.)
7. Another Levite at the same period. ()
8. Father of Obadiah, of the Bene-Joab. () (B.C. before 459.)
9. One of the Bene-Elam, father of Shechaniah. ()
10. A member of the same family, who himself had to part with his wife. ()
11. A priest, one of the Bene-Harim, who also had to put away his foreign wife. () (B.C. 459.)
Jehieli
(a Jehielite), according to the Authorized Version a Gershonite Levite of the family of Laadan. (,)
Jehizkiah
(Jehovah strengthens), son of Shallum, one of the heads of the tribe of Ephraim in the time of Ahaz. () comp. ,, (B.C. 738.)
Jehoadah
(whom Jehovah adorns), one of the descendants of Saul. ()
Jehoaddan
(Whom Jehovah adorns), queen to King Josiah, and mother of Amaziah of Judah. (; ) (B.C. 862-837.)
Jehoahaz
(whom the Lord sustains).
1. The son and successor of jehu, reigned 17 years, B.C. 856-840, over Israel in Samaria. His inglorious history is given in () Throughout his reign, ver. () he was kept in subjection by Hazael king of Damascus. Jehoahaz maintained the idolatry of Jeroboam; but in the extremity of his humiliation he besought Jehovah, and Jehovah gave Israel a deliverer --probably either Jehoash, vs. () and Or Jeroboam II., (,)
2. Jehoahaz, otherwise called Shallum, son of Josiah, whom he succeeded as king of Judah. He was chosen by the people in preference to his elder (comp. () and ) brother, B.C. 610, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Pharaoh-necho sent to Jerusalem to depose him and to fetch him to Riblah. There he was cast into chains, and from thence he was taken into Egypt, where he died.
3. The name given, () to Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram king of Judah.
Jehoash
(given by the Lord), the uncontracted form of Joash.
1. The eighth king of Judah; son of Ahaziah. (; ,,,,,; ) [JOASH, 1]
2. The twelfth king of Israel; son of Jehoahaz. (,; ,,,,,,) [JOASH, 2]
Jehohanan
(whom Jehovah gave), a name of which John is the contraction.
1. A Korhite Levite, one of the doorkeepers to the tabernacle. () comp. (B.C. 1014.)
2. One of the principal men of Judah under King Jehoshaphat. () comp. and (B.C. 910.)
3. Father of Ishmael, one of the "captains of hundreds" whom Jehoiada the priest took into his confidence about the restoration of the line of Judah. () (B.C. 910.)
4. One of the Bene-Bebai who was forced to put away his foreign wife. () (B.C. 459.)
5. A priest, () during the high priesthood of Joiakim. ver. () (B.C. 406.)
6. A priest who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. () (B.C. 446.)
Jehoiachin
(whom Jehovah has appointed), son of Jehoiakim, and for three months and ten days king of Judah. (B.C. 597.) At his accession Jerusalem was quite defenseless, and unable to offer any resistance to the army which Nebuchadnezzar sent to besiege it. (,) In a very short time Jehoiachin surrendered at discretion; and he, and the queen-mother, and all his servants, captains and officers, came out and gave themselves up to Nebuchadnezzar, who carried them, with the harem and the eunuchs, to Babylon. (; ; ) There he remained a prisoner, actually in prison and wearing prison garments, for thirty-six years, viz., till the death of Nebuchadnezzar, when Evilmerodach, succeeding to the throne of Babylon, brought him out of prison, and made him sit at this own table. The time of his death is uncertain.
Jehoiada
(Jehovah knows).
1. Father of Benaiah, David’s well-known warrior. () 1Kin 1 and 2 passim ; () etc. (B.C. before 1046.)
2. Leader of the Aaronites, i.e. the priests; who joined David at Hebron. () (B.C. 1053-46.)
3. According to () son of Benaiah; but in all probability Benaiah the sons of Jehoiada is meant. Probably an error in copying. (; )
4. High priest at the time of Athaliah’s usurpation of the throne of Judah, B.C. 884-878, and during the greater portion of the forty-years reign of Joash. He married Jehosheba; and when Athaliah slew all the seed royal to Judah after Ahaziah had been put to death by Jehu, he and his wife stole Joash from among the king’s sons and hid him for six years in the temple, and eventually replaced him on the throne of his ancestors. [ATHALIAH] The destruction of Baal-worship and the restoration of the temple were among the great works effected by Jehoiada. He died B.C. 834.
5. Second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest. (; )
6. Son of Paseach, who assisted to repair the old gate of Jerusalem. ()
Jehoiakim
(whom Jehovah sets up), called Eliakim, son of Josiah and king of Judah. After deposing Jehoahaz, Pharaoh-necho set Eliakim, his elder brother, upon the throne, and changed his name to Jehoiakim, B.C. 608-597. For four years Jehoiakim was subject toi Egypt, when Nebuchadnezzar, after a short siege, entered Jerusalem, took the king prisoner, bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon, and took also some of the precious vessels of the temple and carried them to the land of Shinar. Jehoiakim became tributary to Nebuchadnezzar after his invasion of Judah, and continued so for three years, but at the end of that time broke his oath of allegiance and rebelled against him. () Nebuchadnezzar sent against him numerous bands of Chaldeans, with Syrians, Moabites and Ammonites, () and who cruelly harassed the whole country. Either in an engagement with some of these forces or else by the hand of his own oppressed subjects Jehoiakim came to a violent end in the eleventh year of his reign. His body was cast out ignominiously on the ground, and then was dragged away and buried "with the burial of an ass," without pomp or lamentation, "beyond the gates of Jerusalem." (,; ) All the accounts we have of Jehoiakim concur in ascribing to him a vicious and irreligious character. (; ; ) The reign of Jehoiakim extends from B.C. 609 to B.C. 598, or, as some reckon, 599.
Jehoiarib
(whom Jehovah defends), head of the first of the twenty-four courses of priests. ()
Jehonadab
(whom Jehovah impels) and Jon’adab, the son of Rechab, founder of the Rechabites, an Arab chief. When Jehu was advancing, after the slaughter of Betheked, on the city of Samaria, he was suddenly met by Jehonadab, who joined with him in "slaying all that remained unto Ahab." ()
Jehonathan
(whom Jehovah gave).
1. Son of Uzziah; superintendent of certain of King David’s storehouses. () (B.C. 1014).
2. One of the Levites who were sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah, with a book of the law, to teach the people. () (B.C. 910.)
3. A priest, () the representative of the family of Shemaiah, ver. 6, when Joiakim was high priest. (B.C. after 536.)
William Smith, A Dictionary of the Bible (1884 edition). Public domain. Text from the CrossWire Bible Society.