J There is no distinction in the Hebrew between J and I. The proper sound is that of Y when placed before a vowel, as Jah, Yah; Jonah, Yonah.

Jaakan (“intelligent” ) The Israelites encamped around the wells of the tribe “of the sons” (Bene) Jaakan ( Deuteronomy 10:6). Tayibeh (Rob.).

Jaakobah ( 1 Chronicles 4:36 ). . Simeonite chief.

Jaala (“wild goat” ) Sons of his were among the returned from captivity ( Nehemiah 7:58).

Jaalah ( Ezra 2:66 ). .

Jeelin in Esdras.

Jaalam (“God hides” ) Son of Aholibamah, wife of Esau ( Genesis 36:5), and a sheikh in Edom. He was a phylarch (duke in Genesis).

Jaanai (“answers” ) Chief in Gad ( 1 Chronicles 5:12).

Jaare-Oregim (“Jair, the weaver?” ) The Targum says. “And David, the son of Jesse, weaver of the veils of the house of the sanctuary, who was of Bethlehem, slew Goliath the Gittite.” In 1 Chronicles 20:5, the account is “Elhanan, the son of Jail slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath,” etc. .

Jaasau (“made by Jah” ) A son of Bani, who had to put away his Gentile wife ( Ezra 10:37). Jaasiel (“made by El” ) Judge in Benjamin in David’s time ( 1 Chronicles 27:21).

Jaazaniah (“Jah hears” ), (Hebrew: yaazanyahu ). 1. Captain under Johanan ( 2 Kings 25:3). Son of Hoshaiah ( Jeremiah 42:1), the Maachathite ( Jeremiah 40:8). 2. Son of Shaphan ( Ezekiel 8:11), leader of seventy elders, seen by Ezekiel worshiping idols. 3. Son of Azur, a chief, subject of Ezekiel’s prophesy ( Ezekiel 11:1). 4. A Rechabite ( Jeremiah 35:3).

Jaazer (“Jah helps” ) Arnorite town, east of Jordan in Gilead ( Numbers 32:1). Rebuilt by Gad, and assigned to the Levites (Merarites, Numbers 5:35). Famous for its vineyards ( Isaiah 16:8,9). The land of Jazer; Seir, west of Ammon, north of Heshbon.

Jaaziah (“Jah consoles” ) The third son of Merari, the Levite ( 1 Chronicles 24:26).

Jaaziel (“El consoles” ) Musician in David’s time ( 1 Chronicles 15:18). . Jabal (“stream” ) Son of Lamech, “father” of dwellers in tents and graziers ( Genesis 4:20).

Jabbok (“flowing” ) River in Gilead, falling into the Jordan River about mid-way between the Sea of Tiberias and the Dead Sea ( Joshua 12:2). The border of the Ammon was strong ( Numbers 21:24), the river running in a defile, deep, narrow and wild, fringed by willows, cane, and oleanders, evergreen oak, pine and arbutus. Wady Zurkot. Some think it was the Hieromax, Wady Yarmuk.

Jabesh (“dry” ) 1. Father of Shallum, 15th king of Israel ( 2 Kings 15:10). 2. Short form of Jabesh Gilead Jabeth, in Gilead, the largest city in the half-tribe of Manasseh, 6 miles from Pella, now called Ed Deir, on Wady Yabis. It did not send its contingent against Benjamin ( Judges 21:8), and was punished by the destruction of all its people but 400 young women, who were given to the Benjamites for wives. Nahash attacked it, (1 Samuel 11), but Saul came to the rescue. When the bodies of Saul and his sons hung on the walls of Bethshan, the valiant men of Jabesh Gilead made a raid at night and carried them off, and buried them honorably ( 1 Samuel 31:11-13).

Jabez ( “causes sorrow” ) 1. Town in Judah, where the Kenite scribes resided ( 1 Chronicles 2:55). 2. In the minute genealogy of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:9,10) Jabez was more honorable than his brethren, who are not recorded. Jabin (“intelligent” ) 1. King of north Canaan, at Hazor, who headed a most powerful army against Joshua ( Joshua 11:1-4), and was surprised and defeated near the waters of Merom ( Joshua 11:7). Joshua afterward burned Jabin’s city. 2. King of Hazor, in the time of the Judges, who lived in the same city of Hazor (rebuilt), raised an army against Israel, and was defeated, etc. Some have thought that the two accounts were of one event, or of two victories over one Jabin: one by Joshua and another by Barak, but it is more probable that there were two kings of that name, as recorded, and there were 150 years between the two kings. Jabneel (“El builds” ) 1. In Judah, near the sea, north ( Joshua 15:11), held at one time by the Philistines ( 2 Chronicles 26:6), who were driven out by Uzziah. Jamnia, in 1 Macc. 4:15, and a strong place. Now called Yebna or Ibna, on a little hill, near the Rubin river,11 miles south of Joppa, where the Crusaders built the castle of Ibelin, and a church, whose ruins are still visible. 2. In Naphtali. Lost. Josephus mentions Iamnith, in Upper Galilee.

Jabneh .

Jachan ( 1 ) (“afflicted” ) A chief in Gad ( 1 Chronicles 5:13).

Jachan ( 2 ) (“he will establish” ) Name of one of the pillars in the porch of Solomon’s temple ( 1 Kings 7:21).

Jachin 1. The fourth son of Simeon (Genesis 66:10). Jachinites ( Numbers 26:12). 2. Head of the 21st course of priests ( 1 Chronicles 9:10); some of this course returned from captivity ( Nehemiah 11:10).

Jachinites Family founded by Jachin.

Jacinth (Greek: yacinth ). 1. A dark purple flower. 2. . Jacob (“supplanter” ) Esau and Jacob were twins, sons of Rebekah, wife of Isaac, born B.C. 1836, at the well Lahai-roi. Jacob was the favorite of his mother, and was a shepherd. He bought the birthright of his older brother Esau (at an unfair price in his brother’s distress) and got the Patriarchal blessing from his father by a stratagem, in which he was aided by his mother. This blessing was material only, and did not include the spiritual promises. His quiet life ended when, at the age of 78 he was obliged to leave home, and was sent to Padan-Aram to find a wife among his mother’s relatives. On the way there he had the dream of the ladder reaching from earth to heaven, at Bethel. Isaac had repeated his blessing when he left home, with the addition of the spiritual promises made to Abraham, and they were confirmed in the dream at Bethel. (Jacob seems to have thought only of “a local God who lived at Bethel”, with whom he was disposed to make a bargain for service on conditions). The beautiful incident of the meeting of Jacob with Rachel at the well exhibits the pure and simple habits of the time, and the courtesy and kindness so native to those who follow the shepherd’s life. Laban drove a very hard and shrewd bargain with Jacob, compelling him to serve 14 years for Rachel and marry Leah besides, but this was repaid by Jacob in his sharp practice in making himself rich in “much cattle, by skillful management”. At the age of nearly 100 he returned to Canaan, and on the way his name was changed from Jacob to Israel (“God’s soldier”) at Peniel, where he met his brother Esau, who was then a kind of Bedouin wanderer, such as now roam over the same district, although Esau appeared to be much the better man of the two. The images (“gods”) that Rachel stole from her father’s house, were small figures of certain designs, ( ), such as are often found buried among the ruins in Palestine, and were used in pagan worship. The value put on them by Laban shows how little real knowledge he had of the true God. Jacob stayed awhile at Shechem, where he buried under a sacred tree the stolen images; and also at Bethel where he built an altar. While on the way to Hebron, where his father was, his son Benjamin was born, and the mother, Rachel, died and was buried near Bethlehem, where a tomb preserves her memory to this day. Esau and Jacob met again at Hebron, when they buried their father Isaac. Soon after this Joseph was sold into Egypt. Jacob was living at Hebron with his eleven sons, when a famine brought about the migration to Egypt (see ), where he was assigned a home in the pasture land of Goshen, by the Pharaoh, and where he died, aged 130 (147). His body was borne to the cave of Machpelah, and laid in the tomb with those of Abraham, Sarah and Isaac. The blessing that Jacob gave his sons was a proof that his faith in God’s promise was strong — had increased — and that his idea of the true God had become clearer and more elevated. It is full of fine thoughts, poetic language, and abounds in the most beautiful images.

Jacob’s Well It is in a low spur of Mount Gerizim, at the mouth of the valley of Shechem. “Formerly there was a square hole opening into a carefully built vaulted chamber,10 feet square, in the floor of which was the true mouth of the well. Now a part of the vault has fallen in, and completely covered up the mouth, so that it looks like a shallow pit.” The well is 9 feet diameter, circular, cut through limestone rock nearly 100 feet deep. It sometimes has water in it but is often quite dry. There was a small church over it in the 4th century, and to the southwest there are a few shapeless ruins still left.

Jada (“skillful” ) Son of Onam by Atarah ( 1 Chronicles 2:28).

Jadau A son of Nebo, who married a Gentile ( Ezra 10:43).

Jaddua (“known” ) 1. A layman, who signed the covenant with Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:21). 2. Son(?) and successor of Jonathan, high priest, the last whose name is recorded in the Old Testament. Josephus relates of him a ceremonious reception of Alexander (Antiquities xi. 8, sec. 7).

Jadon (“judge” ) 1. The Meronothite who assisted in repairing the wall of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:7). 2. A man of God, from Judah, who withstood Jeroboam at Bethel, as said by Josephus, in error for Iddo ( 2 Chronicles 9:29).

Jael (“climber, Ibex” ) 1. Wife of Heber (of the family of Hobab), the Kenite, a sheikh of a Bedouin tribe, who had pitched his tent under an oak, called on that account “oak of the wanderers” (plain of Zaanaim in Judges 4:11), near Kedesh-Naphtali ( , ). When his army was routed, Sisera fled in another direction, away from the flying host, and sought safety in the woman’s private tent, where he would have been safe, under Jael’s cloak, if the woman herself had not betrayed him, which she did do, killing him with one of the tent-pins. God’s judgment on Sisera was celebrated in the song of Deborah, but not Jael’s treacherous and violent method. 2. A Judge of Israel ( Judges 5:6).

Jagur (“lodging-place” ) Town in the south of Judah ( Joshua 15:21). .

Jah (“Yah” ) 1. The shorter form of Jehovah. Used in forming such names as Eli-jah Isajah, Jerem-jah (Jeremiah). (German: [^Gott). The Hebrew names are: 1. El , “might”, as El-Shaddai , “God almighty” (Genesis 14); El-’Elohiym “God mightier than all gods, God of gods”; El-beth-El , “the place of the mighty God”; also in compounds, as areze-El , “the cedars of God”, that is tall and strong; and peculiarly in poetry. 2. Eloah “strong”; ’Elohiym the plural. Eloah is used only in poetry, and ’Elohiym in both poetry and prose. The plural is used in Hebrew to enlarge and intensify the idea expressed by the singular. ’Elohiym is not “the gods”, but is the strongest of all strong beings, the fullness of divine perfections, the sum of all the powers of all imaginable gods. There is nothing in this name either for against the idea of a trinity. That belongs to the New Testament age. The unity of God was guarded with the utmost jealousy against idolatrous polytheists ( Deuteronomy 6:4; 32:39; Isaiah 44:6). The word was often used for the pagan gods and other ideas of divinity ( Psalm 8:6; 97:7), as angels; and also to the rulers and judges of Israel ( Exodus 22:9,28), and God (’Elohiym ) is said to judge among the rulers (’Elohiym in Psalm 82:1). All true sons of Israel were called sons of God (’Elohiym , John 10:35). The Cainites claimed to be “sons of God” in distinction from the Sethites, who took the more humble name of “sons of Adam,” or “sons of the Man” ( Genesis 6:4). The peculiar name of God in relation to the covenant, is 3. Jehovah ; but in reading the Scriptures the Jews always pronounced the word Adonai which is “Lord”. The vowel points now in use were not invented for centuries after the Hebrew ceased to be a living language, so that the true pronunciation of the name Jehovah was lost, and the word was written YHWH and pronounced Adonai or Elohim. The vowel points of Adonai (aDoNai) were placed in Jehovah (JaHoVaH), but this is not found in the old copies, and not older than about 1500 A.D. Diodorus Sicnlus gives the Greek for the Hebrew YHWH . The meaning of Jehovah is “underived existence”,HE IS, or IAM BECAUSE IAM, the God of Abraham, of grace, and truth, and love; self-existence, eternity. ’Elohiym is God “in nature”, Jehovah is God “in grace”. (The temple of Isis, at Sais, had this inscription: “I am all that has been, that is, and that will be,” meaning Isis, the universal mother.) The word Jehovah is supposed to mean “joy”; “pain — the God of good and evil. page 14. In Greek, the word is: 4. Theos , any deity, idol, or the true God ( Matthew 1:23), and Satan (god of this world). 5. Kurios Lord in Matthew 1:20; and in the Septuagint as the translation of Jehovah; also of a man, a lord.

Jahath (“union” ) 1. Son of Libni ( 1 Chronicles 6:20). Ancestor of Asaph. 2. Head of a family in the line of Gershom ( 1 Chronicles 23:10). 3. In the line of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:2). 4. A Levite, son of Shelomoth ( 1 Chronicles 24:2). 5. Merarite Levite in Josiah’s time (1 Chronicles 34:12); an overseer of repairs in the temple.

Jahaz ( Joshua 13:18). . ( Numbers 21:23). A place where the battle was fought between the Israelites and Sihon, king of the Amorites. Jeremiah mentions it ( Jeremiah 48:21) as in Moab. Not yet identified.

Jahaziah (“seen by Jah” ) Son of Tikvah, and assistant to Ezra ( Ezra 10:15). Ezechias in Esdras.

Jahaziel (“seen by El”, that is, “made strong” ) 1. Deserted Saul for David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:4). 2. Priest in David’s time, who blew the trumpet at ceremonials ( Chronicles 16:6). 3. The third son of Hebron, a Levite. The family is mentioned in David’s time ( 1 Chronicles 23:19). 4. Levite of the sons of Asaph who prophesied the destruction of the army that was coming to attack Jerusalem ( 2 Chronicles 20:14). 5. A son of Jehaziel returned from captivity as chief of the Bene-Shecariah ( Ezra 8:5). Zattu (for Shecariah) in 1 Esdras 8:32 (Bene Zathoe). Jahdai (“led by Jah” ) In Caleb’s line, father of 6 sons ( 1 Chronicles 2:47) Jahdiel (“made joyful by El” ) Chief in Manasseh, east of the Jordan River ( 1 Chronicles 5:24).

Jahdo (“united” ), Son of Buz, a Gadite ( 1 Chronicles 5:14).

Jahleel (“hope in El” ) The third son of Zebulon ( Genesis 46:14). ( Numbers 26:26).

Jahmai (“Jah guards” ) Chief in the house of Tola, Issachar (l Chronicles 7:2).

Jahzah (“threshing-floor” ) ( 1 Chronicles 6:78).

Jahzeel ( “El divides” ) 1st son of Naphtali ( Genesis 46:24). Jahzeelites ( Numbers 26:48).

Jahziel in 1 Chronicles 7:13. .

Jahzerah (“led back by Jah” ) Priest of the family of Immer ( 1 Chronicles 9:12).

Jair (“splendid” ) 1. Descended from both Judah and Manasseh. Leader in the conquest of Bashan, B.C. 1451. . 2. 8th judge of Israel, B.C. 1210, a Gileadite. Buried in Camon. 3. 2 Samuel 21:19.

Jairite, Ira the ( 2 Samuel 20:26 ). (Pasha? ) Jairus (Greek for the Hebrew: Jair ). Ruler in a synagogue in Galilee, whose daughter Jesus restored to life and health ( Luke 8:14).

Jaken . Akan.

Jakeh (“pious” ) Father of Agur ( Proverbs 30:1). Supposed by some to be a name for David, father of Solomon, but without evidence.

Jakim (“lifted by Jah” ) 1. Chief of the 12th course of priests in David’s reign ( 1 Chronicles 24:12). ? 2. One of the Bene Shimhi ( 1 Chronicles 8:19).

Jalon (“abiding” ) A son of Ezra, in the line of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:17).

Jambri children of (i.e. some of the tribe) attacked the Maccabees, and suffered reprisals (1 Macc. 9:36). Amorites?

James Three persons are mentioned by this name in the New Testament. The original form of the name in Hebrew is Jacob, and is so called now by the church in the East; Jacob (Mar Yacoob). The name has passed through several changes, through many languages. It was in Greek: Iakobos ; Latin: Jacobus ; Italian: Iacomo , or Giacomo , and Jacopo ; Spanish: Iago (Diego ), and Xayme , or Jayme (pronounced: hayme); French: Jacques , and [^Jame, which is in English: James. (See Robertson’s Becket, p. 139). The modern derivatives are framed on the original form, as Jacobin, and Jacobite. 1. . He first appears as a fisherman, A.D. 27, when he, with his brother John, was called by Jesus to be his disciple ( Mark 1:20). His father owned a boat (ship) and employed help. On another occasion he, his brother John, with Simon and Andrew, were directed by Jesus, and caught a very large number of fish at one haul, which was explained by the Great Teacher to mean that they all should become successful fishers of men. James was numbered with the 12, among the first 4. He was always selected for any special duty. He was present at the raising of Jairus’ daughter ( Mark 1:29); one of the three on the Mount of Transfiguration ( Matthew 18:1); one of the 4 who heard the sermon on the last days ( Mark 13:3); and one of 3 in Gethsemane ( Matthew 26:37). He joined his brother John in the request that fire should be called down on the Samaritans ( Luke 9:54); and in the ambitious request, with their mother, to sit nearest to Christ in his kingdom ( Matthew 20:20). These requests were refused with indignation by Jesus, and they were named Boanerges ( Mark 2:17). They were at the Feast of Pentecost. He was a man of very resolute purpose and determined action, and was given a high position among the apostles ( Acts 12:2); and he is the only one of the 12 whose death is recorded, which took place about 10 years after the crucifixion. 2. . The children of Joseph and Mary were Jesus, James, Joses, Jude (Judas), Simon, and three daughters whose names are not given ( Matthew 13:55,56; Galatians 1:19; 2:9,12). His brethren did not believe in Jesus as the Christ at the first ( John 7:5), and some of them not until a few days before the Day of Pentecost ( Corinthians 15:7). James occupied a prominent position among the apostles, and was surnamed “the Just.” James and Peter seem to have been in authority on equal terms when Paul was admitted to the fellowship of the apostles on the word of Barnabas ( Acts 9:27; Galatians 1:18), and after that time he acts as the president of the council in Jerusalem ( Acts 12:17; 15:13), whose decrees he delivered formally, a position recognized and recorded by Paul ( Galatians 2:9), and honored by a formal visit of ceremony in the presence of all the presbyters ( Acts 21:18). He is believed to have been appointed Bishop of Jerusalem by Jesus in a vision, as is reported by Epiphanius and others of the early historians of the Church, only that Eusebius says the appointment was by the apostles. Hegesippus, a Jewish disciple in the 2nd century, gives the most minute and interesting account, in which he is described as the brother of Jesus, holy from the womb, drinking neither wine nor spirits, nor eating animal food, and wearing both his hair and whiskers without shaving (but with trimming), and he avoided the use of perfumes and ceremonious bathing, and wore only linen clothes. He was a very constant attendant on the services in the temple, and prayed “on his knees” for the salvation of the people, so that he was looked upon as the “bulwark of the church,” and it is said that “all who became believers believed through James.” This same authority relates that he was thrown from the gable of the temple to the ground, and then stoned to death, shortly before the siege of Jerusalem. See the for the . 3. (Clopas), and Mary ( John 19:25), one of the apostles ( Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18, etc.), ( Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40), and is also called James the Less. He had a brother named Joses, and a sister Salome. The occurrence of the same name in the mother and children of two families does not argue a relation, rather the contrary, and it is not likely that these were relatives of Jesus. Jamin (“right hand” ) 1. Son of Simeon, founder of the Jaminites ( Genesis 46:10). 2. Son of Ram of Hezron in Judah ( 1 Chronicles 2:27). 3. Reader under Ezra ( Nehemiah 8:7).

Jamlech (“Jah makes the king” ) Chief in Simeon in the time of Hezekiah ( 1 Chronicles 4:34,41).

Jamnia for in the Apocrypha.

Jangling (Greek: mataiologia ). Babbling, idle talk. “Jangling is whan a man spekith to moche biforn folk, and clappith as a mille, and taketh no keep what he saith.” (Chaucer, Parson’s Tale).

Janna Father of Melechi in the line of Jesus. ?

Jannes and Jambres The two Egyptian magicians who imitated Moses. Their names were given only by Paul ( 2 Timothy 3:3,9). The origin of the names is obscure.

Jannes may be Greek for the Egyptian (Ian), two kings having that name (meaning “valley”), one of which lived before Joseph. It is supposed that Paul found the names in some history (or tradition), now lost.

Janoah (“quiet” ) In Naphtali, taken by Tiglath-Pileser ( 2 Kings 15:29). Janohah in Eusebius and Jerome.

Janohah (“into rest” ) On the north boundary of Egypt (12 miles east of Neapolis — Eusebius). is in that locality (Van de Velde, ii. 303), in a valley which slopes toward the Jordan River, a small village among extensive ancient ruins. Khirbet Yanun, northeast of Yanun, may be the more ancient (Rob., 297).

Janum (“slumber” ) Judah in the mountains, near Hebron ( Joshua 15:53). Janus.

Japheth (“extent” ) Second son of Noah ( Genesis 10:2,6). (fair) may be the root-wood, in allusion to the light complexion of the people of the Japhetic races who occupied the Isles of Greece (shores and islands), coasts of the Great Sea, and Asia Minor, Asia and Europe.

Japhia ( 1 ) (“fair” ) Zebulon’s boundary ran from Daberath to Japhia, and Gath-hepher ( Joshua 19:12). is two miles south of Nazareth. A tradition says Zebedee was born here, and therefore the Latins call it San Giacomo (James).

Japhia ( 2 ) (“shining” ) 1. King of Lachish ( Joshua 10:3). 2. Son of David, born in Jerusalem. Nephia in the Peshito. .

Japhlet In the line of Asher, through Beriah ( 1 Chronicles 7:32).

Japhleti Boundary of the Japhletite on the south of Ephraim ( Joshua 16:3). Probably an ancient Canaanite tribe.

Japho (“beauty” ) . ( Joshua 19:46).

Jarah (“honey” ) Son of Micah ( 1 Chronicles 9:42). Jehoadah in 1 Chronicles 8:36.

Jareb (“hostile” ) A king of Assyria ( Hosea 5:13; 10:6). The title of “avenger” (yareb ), was assumed by him, as “defender of the faith” was by Henry VIII.

Jared (“low ground” ) A patriarch, son of Mahalaleel, father of Enoch ( Genesis 5:15).

Jaresiah (“Jah nourishes” ) Chief in Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 8:27).

Jarha Egyptian servant of Sheshan, husband of his daughter Ahlai ( Chronicles 2:34).

Jarib (“adhering” ) 1. Jachin in Genesis 46; Exodus 6; Numbers 26. 2. Chief with Ezra ( Ezra 8:16). 3. A priest, son of Jozadak ( Ezra 10:18). 4. Joarib.

Jarmuth (“hill” ) 1. In the Shefelah near Socoh ( Joshua 15:35). Its king, Piram, was routed (with the 5 kings) at Beth-horon by Joshua ( Joshua 10:3,25). Yarmuth, about 9 miles northeast of Beit Jibrin. 2. City in Issa. ( Joshua 19:17). Remeth in Joshua 19:21, and in Chronicles 6:73, Ramoth.

Jaroah (“moon” ) Chief in Gad ( 1 Chronicles 5:14).

Jashen (“sleeping” ) Sons of Jashen were in David’s guard ( 2 Samuel 23:32). Sons of Hashem in 1 Chronicles 11:34.

Jasher, the Book of (“book of the upright” ) A book of heroic poetry and history mentioned in two places in the Old Testament ( Joshua 10:13, and 2 Samuel 1:18), and probably a book of songs and eulogies of distinguished men in Israel. The Vulgate has “the book of the just one;” the Septuagint, “the book of the upright one;” the Syriac, “the book of praises,” or “psalms.” There is an English forgery of 1751 (Bristol, 1829). The original was probably published first in the time of Joshua, and again in David’s reign with additions. A scheme was started for gathering the supposed fragments of this work from the various books of the Old Testament The supposed plan of the work is that it was written to supply a popular demand in Solomon’s time, and its object was to show that God made man upright, but carnal wisdom led him away from the law (spiritual wisdom), when the Hebrews were chosen to keep the law; David was made (perpetual) king for his religious integrity. The compiler named is the prophet Nathan, and it contained the pith, or marrow of the religious system of the Hebrews. This is only a conjecture.

Jashobeam (“return” ) Son of Zabdiel ( 1 Chronicles 27:2), a Korhite ( 1 Chronicles 12:6), or a Hachmonite ( 1 Chronicles 11:11). He slew 800 at one time ( Samuel 23:8). Chief in David’s guard, over the 1st monthly course of 24,000 men.

Jashub (“who returns” ) 1. The third son of Issachar ( 1 Chronicles 7:1). Job in Genesis 46. 2. son of Bani ( Ezra 10:29).

Jashubi-Lehem (“returns to bread” ) Son of Judah by Bathshua ( 1 Chronicles 4:22). It may also be the name of a place — Chozeba, Chezib, or Achzib. The Targum (or Chronicles) says Chozeba is Elimelech: Joash and Saraph are Mahlon and Chilion, who had the dominion in Moab from marrying the two girls; Jashubi-Lehem is Noomi and Ruth who returned (jashub , “return”) to Beth-lehem (lehem , “bread”), after the famine. A poem derived from the book of Ruth.

Jashubites Family of Jashub ( Numbers 26:24).

Jasiel (“made by El” ) One of David’s guard ( 1 Chronicles 11:47). A Mesobaite.

Jason Greek form of the name Jesus; Hebrew, Joshua. 1. Son of Eleazer, sent by Judas Maccabaeus to treat with the Romans, B.C. 161 (1 Macc. 8:17). 2. Father of Antipater, an envoy to Rome (1 Macc. 12:16), perhaps the same as No. 1. 3. Of Cyrene a Jewish author of “Five Books of the “War of Jewish Liberation,” from which the 2nd book of Maccabees was compiled. ( in the ). 4. Jason the high priest, 2nd son of Simon 2, and brother of Onias 3. He got his office by fraud, and attempted to Hellenize the Jews by building a gymnasium on the Greek model in Jerusalem, which even the priests attended to the neglect of their duties (2 Macc. 4:9), and by sending a deputation to the games in honor of Hercules at Tyre. Menelaus supplanted him by fraud and a bribe. 5. The Thessalonian who entertained Paul and Silas, for which the Jewish mob attacked him ( Acts 17:5). He was a companion of Paul ( Romans 16:21). SECUNDUS? ( Acts 20:4). Jasper (Yashefeh ). PRECIOUS STONES. Jathniel (“whom El gives” ) Door-keeper in the temple ( 1 Chronicles 26:2). Of the family of Meshelemiah.

Jattir (“eminent” ) Judah in the mountains ( Joshua 15:48). David sent a part of the spoils of Ziklag to this place ( 1 Samuel 30:27). 12 miles south of Hebron is Attir, in ruins, on a hill.

Javan 1. The fourth son of Japheth, father (settler) of Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. The Hebrew name of Greece. In the Cuneatic it is Yanun. Homer says that early settlers of Greece were Iaonas (Iliad xiii. 685). 2. The Javan of Ezekiel 27:19 is an error for in Arabia (Yemen).

Jazer .

Jaziz (“shining” ) A Hagarite shepherd in David’s employ ( 1 Chronicles 27:31). Perhaps stationed in the country of his ancestors, east of Jordan River ( Chronicles 27:19-22).

Jearim, Mount Chesalon (Keslu), is on a steep ridge, between Wady Ghurab and Wady Ismail, 7 miles west of Jerusalem.

Jeaterai (“following one” ) Son of Zerah, a Levite ( 1 Chronicles 6:21). Ethni?

Jeberechiah (“Jah blesses” ) Father of Zechariah, in Ahaz’s time ( Isaiah 8:2). Berechia?

Jebus (“trodden down” ) . .

Jebusite Third son of Canaan ( Genesis 10:16). First mentioned in the account of the spies ( Numbers 13:29). Jabin’s army contained men from the Arnorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites ( Joshua 11:3). The king was killed at Bethhoron ( Joshua 10:1,5; 12:10); a part of it was taken and burned by Judah ( Judges 1:21), but the citadel held out for 300 years, until David’s time ( 2 Samuel 5:6). Araunab, the Jebusite, is made immortal by his dealing with David. The remnant of the tribe was made tributary to Solomon ( 1 Kings 9:20), and are heard of as late as the captivity ( Ezra 9:1).

Jecamiah (“Jah assembles the people” ) Son of Neri, of the line of Nathan and of Jesus ( Luke 3:27).

Jecholiah (“Jah is mighty” ) Wife of Amaziah, king of Judah ( 2 Kings 15:2). It is spelled Jecoliah in 2 Chronicles 26:3. She was a native of Jerusalem.

Jechonias Greek form of Jechoniah.

Jeconiah (“Jah builds” ) Jehoiachin, the last but one of the kings of Judah.

Jedaiah (“Jah knows” ) 1. Head of the 2nd course of priests ( 1 Chronicles 24:7). Some of this course returned from captivity ( Ezra 2:36), and there were two priestly families ( Nehemiah 12:6, etc.). 2. A priest in the time of Joshua, the high priest ( Zechariah 6:10).

Jedaiah (“Jah’s praise” ) The Hebrew differs in these two names, but it is not easy to show the difference in English letters. 1. Ancestor of Ziza, of Simeon ( 1 Chronicles 4:37). 2. Son of Harumaph, who assisted in rebuilding the wail ( Nehemiah 3:10).

Jediael (“El knows” ) 1. Chief in Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 7:6), whose family, with its branches, numbered 17,200 fighting men in David’s time. 2. Son of Meshelemiah, a Levite, a doorkeeper in the temple (1 Chronicles 26). 3. Son of Shimri, of David’s guard ( 1 Chronicles 12:45). 4. A “head” of 1,000, who joined David near Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:20).

Jedidah (“only one” ) Queen of Amon, mother of Josiah ( 2 Kings 22:1). She was a native of Bozkath.

Jedidiah (“Jah’s darling” ) The name given to Solomon by the prophet Nathan. David named him Shelomoh, peaceful.

Jeduthun (“praising ). One of the conductors of the temple music in the time of David ( Chronicles 15:17; 23:6). The three were , the son of Kushaiah, the Merarite; the Kohathite; and the Gershonite. He played on cymbals in the procession, when the ark was brought to Zion, but he was appointed to duty at Gibeon ( <19F005> Psalm 150:5). His name is in the titles of several psalms (Psalm 39; Psalm 62; Psalm 77), as choir leader.

Jeezer ( Numbers 26:20 ). .

Jegar-Sahadutha (“witness heap” ) Name in Aramaic of the pillar, or heap of stones set up by Laban and Jacob. There are two accounts of the same heap ( Genesis 31:47), Jacob naming it Galeed.

Jehaleleel ( 1 ) (“who praises El” ) Four sons of his are named in Judah’s line ( 1 Chronicles 4:16).

Jahaleleel ( 2 ) (“who praises El” ) Father of Azariah who assisted in restoring the temple in Hezekiah’s time ( 2 Chronicles 29:12).

Jehdeiah (“Jah makes joyful” ) 1. Descendant of Gershom, in David’s time ( 1 Chronicles 24:20). Shubael was head of the house in 1 Chronicles 26:24. 2. A Meronothite who took care of David’s she-asses ( 1 Chronicles 27:30).

Jehezekel (“El makes strong” ) Priest in charge of the 20th course ( 1 Chronicles 24:16).

Jehiah (“Jah lives” ) Door-keeper with Obededom for the ark ( 1 Chronicles 15:24).

Jehiel ( 1 ) (“El lives” ) 1. A Levite assistant in the temple ( 1 Chronicles 15:18). 2. Son of Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 21:2). 3. Ruler in the temple in Josiah’s time ( 2 Chronicles 35:8). 4. Levite, head of Laadan’s sons 1 Chronicles 23:8). 5. Son of Hachmoni, in David’s guard ( 1 Chronicles 27:32). Jerome says Jehiel was David’s on Chileab (Daniel), and Achamoni David himself. 6. Levite in the time of Hezekiah ( 2 Chronicles 29:14). 7. A Levite and an overseer of the sacrifices ( 2 Chronicles 31:13). 8. Father of Obadiah, who returned from captivity at the head of 218 sons of Joab ( Ezra 8:9). 9. Father of Shekaniah, who assisted Ezra ( Ezra 10:2). 10. Another of the same family who had to part with his Gentile wife ( Ezra 10:26). 11. A priest of the sons of Harim, who also put away his wife ( Ezra 10:21).

Jehiel ( 2 ) (This is different from the last entry in the Hebrew text. ) 1. Father of Gibeon in the line of Saul the king ( 1 Chronicles 9:35). 2. Son of Hotham the Aroerite, in David’s guard ( 1 Chronicles 11:44).

Jehieli The Bene-Jehieli were treasurers of the temple ( 1 Chronicles 26:21).

Jehizkiah (“Jah strengthens” ) Son of Shallum, Chief in Ephraim in the time of Ahaz. He saved a large number of captives, and had them clothed, fed, tended, and returned to Jericho ( 2 Chronicles 28:12).

Jehoadah (“Jah adorns” ) Great-grandson of Merib-baal, in the time of Saul ( 1 Chronicles 8:36).

Jehoaddan of Jerusalem, Josiah’s queen, and mother of Amaziah of Judah ( 2 Kings 14:2).

Jehoahaz (“Jah holds” ) 1. Son and successor of Jehu, who reigned 17 years, B.C. 856-840, in Samaria ( 2 Kings 13:1-9). 2. Shallum 4th son of Josiah, whom he succeeded as king of Judah, being chosen over his older brother, B.C. 610, but after a short reign he was deposed ( 2 Kings 23:32 Jeremiah 22:10), by Pharaoh Necho, taken to Riblah, put in chains, and taken to Egypt, where he died. The people lamented for him, and he was the first king of Judah who died in exile. 3. Youngest son of king Jehoram. His name as king of Judah was Ahaziah.

Jehoash (“Jah’s gift” ) 1. Joash, 8th king of Judah. 2. The 12th king of Israel.

Jehohanan (“Jah’s gift” ) Johanan (John). 1. Levite and doorkeeper in the tabernacle ( 1 Chronicles 26:3). 2. Chief of Judah, general of 280,000 under Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 17:15). Father of Ishmael, a captain of 100 ( 2 Chronicles 23:1). 3. A Bene-Bebai who was parted from his Gentile wife ( Ezra 10:28). 4. A priest under Joiakin, high priest ( Nehemiah 12:13), after the captivity. 5. Priest and musician at the dedication of the wall ( Nehemiah 12:42).

Jehoiachin (“appointed by Jah” ) Jeconiah, Coniah, Jeconias, Joiakim and Joacim. Son of Jehiakim and Nehushta, and 19th king of Judah, reigning 3 months, 10 days. He was years old ( 2 Kings 24:8), or 8 ( 2 Chronicles 36:9), and was carried captive by Nebuchadnezzar, in revenge for the alliance that his father had made with Egypt. The best of the people, the sacred vessels of the temple, and all the treasure of the people, were taken to Babylon, leaving a poor and feeble remnant. Jehoiachin was kept a close prisoner nearly all the rest of his life,36 years, when Evil-Merodach liberated him. ( ). He was the last of Solomon’s line, as predicted by Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 22:30), the succession passing over to Nathan’s line.

Jehoiada (“Jah favors” ) 1. Father of Benaiah, David’s general ( 2 Samuel 8:18). He was also chief-priest, and leader of 3,700 Aaronites who joined David at Hebron ( 1 Chronicles 12:27). 2. Son of Benaiah, who succeeded Ahithophel as counselor to David — unless there is an error in position and Benaiah is meant. 3. High priest at the time of Athaliah’s usurpation, and in Joash’s reign, B.C. 884-878. He succeeded Amariah. Married Jehosheba, daughter of king Jehoram, and sister of king Ahaziah ( 2 Chronicles 22:11). He stole Joash, when Athaliah killed all the other royal line of Judah, and hid him years in the Temple, finally placing him on the throne. 4. The second priest (sagan ) to Seraiah the high priest, and was deposed for friendship to the prophet Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 29:25-29). 5. Son of Paseah, who repaired the Old Gate at Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 3:6).

Jehoiakim (“Jah appoints” ) 19th king of Judah (B.C. 609-598), 25 years old at his accession. He was first named Ehakim, and was the son of Joash and Zebudah, but Pharaoh Necho changed his name when he made him king in his brother Jehoahaz’s stead ( 2 Kings 23:33), who died in Egypt, in captivity ( 2 Kings 23:34), and he also collected a heavy fine ($200,000) from Judah for Josiah’s part with Babylon against Egypt. The battle at Carchemish ended the rule of Egypt in Palestine for that time, and Nebuchadnezzar besieged and took Jerusalem, and carried some of the royal family to Babylon as hostages, among whom were Daniel and his three companions. The prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel warned the king and people of the results of their idolatries, but instead of repenting, they burned Jeremiah’s prophesy, put him in prison and drove Urijah the prophet into Egypt, where he was killed, and his corpse treated in a barbarous manner ( Jeremiah 26:21-23; Jeremiah 36). According to the warnings of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 17) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 2 and Jeremiah 27), enemies attacked them on all sides ( 2 Kings 24:7); the king lost his life, and was buried without honor ( Jeremiah 22:18,19). The king of Babylon came in a few weeks after his death and carried his son and all the best men and their families and treasures to Babylon. This act of the king in burning Jeremiah’s book was the first recorded attack on the liberty of the public press, and it did not succeed: the second edition was enlarged and improved ( Jeremiah 36:32).

Jehoiarib (“Jah a defender” ) Head of the 1st course of priests in David’s reign ( 1 Chronicles 24:7). His descendants were among the returned captives ( Nehemiah 11:10).

Jehonadab (“Jah incites” ) The son of Rechab (a Kenite), who assisted Jehu in his reforms, and in the destruction of the Baal worshipers ( 2 Kings 10:15). Jeremiah holds up to the people the obedience of the Rechabites (pilgrims) who kept the law of abstinence from wine, and that to live only in tents, in contrast to the general disregard of the law of Moses (Jeremiah 35), and prophesies an immortality of the house of Rechab. There is no historical trace of them after the Jewish nation went to pieces, and it is supposed that they became disciples of Jesus. Jehonathan (“Jah’s gift” ) . 1. Son of Uzziah, steward to David ( 1 Chronicles 27:25). 2. A Levite instructor of the people ( 2 Chronicles 17:8). 3. A priest after the return from captivity ( Nehemiah 12:18). Jehoram (“Jah has excited” ) . 1. Son of Ahab, king of Israel, and successor to his brother Ahaziah, B.C. 896. His reign was noted for the lives of the two great prophets Elijah and Elisha. He was killed by an arrow from Jehu’s bow in Naboth’s vineyard ( 1 Kings 21:21). He was the last of the line of Omri. 2. Oldest son of Jehoshaphat, succeeding him as king of Judah at the age of 32, reigning 8 years, B.C. 893-885. He murdered his 6 brothers, and (by the help of his wife Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab) revived the Baal worship (see ). The latter part of his reign was a series of calamities to the nation, and death to his family, himself dying of a painful malady, not regretted, and being buried without honor. 3. A priest sent to teach the law to the people ( 2 Chronicles 17:8).

Jehoshabeath (“Jah’s worshiper” ) Jehosheba the wife of Jehoiada, the high priest. Jehoshaphat (“Jah is judge” ) 1. Son of Asa and Azubah; succeeded to the throne of Judah at the age of 35, and reigned 25 years, B.C. 914-889 ( 1 Kings 15:24; 2 Kings 8:16; 2 Chronicles 17; 2 Chronicles 21). “The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; but sought to the Jehovah God of his father.” * * “He took away the high-places and groves out of Judah” ( 2 Chronicles 17:6; Kings 22:43). He sent out teachers among the people to instruct them in the law, set up just judges in the walled cities, forming a supreme court in Jerusalem, for references and appeals. He built castles and store-cities, and aimed to restore commerce in the Red Sea. The army was reformed in five sections; and the Arabians, Philistines, and Edomites were laid under tribute. He was saved from a very great danger by his trust in God (2 Chronicles 20; Psalm 83; Psalm 41; Psalm 47; Psalm 48). He made a friendly alliance with the idolatrous kingdom of Israel, and to secure peace married his son Jehoram to Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab. He was saved by a miracle with his army in the desert (2 Kings 3), at the request of a prophet of Jehovah. The mutual relations between prophet and king in this reign is a sign of the high attainments which the king had made in the divine life. He was prudent enough to appoint his successor (Jehoram, Chronicles 21:3) in his life-time, as David had done to Solomon. 2. Son of Ahilud, a historian in David’s reign ( 2 Samuel 8:16). Such officers were attached to all eastern courts ( Esther 6:1). 3. A priest who blew a trumpet before the ark, on its way from the house of Obed-edom to Zion. 4. Son of Paruah, one of 12 commissaries ( 1 Kings 4:17). His district was Issachar. 5. Son of Nimshi, father of king Jehu ( 2 Kings 9:2). Jehoshaphat, Valley of (“valley where Jah judges” ), ( Joel 3:12). The valley between Scopus and Olivet and Jerusalem, so named after the greatest king after Solomon (2 Chronicles 20). The nations are to assemble for judgment, where Christ will appear the second time ( Acts 1:11). Kidron. The Muslims point out a stone in the east wall of the temple area, near the south end, from which a bridge will be stretched across the valley to Mount Moriah, over which all souls must pass — the just in safety, the wicked falling off into Gehenna. This valley has been used as a burial-ground from the days of Josiah ( 2 Kings 23:6); and both Jews and Muslims look on the place as a most sacred resting-place; but the modern name cannot be traced beyond the 4th century A.D. Joel’s prophesy was a poetical and symbolical figure, intended to teach that God is always present with and defending his faithful children. .

Jehosheba (“oath to Jah” ) Daughter to Jehoram, king of Judah, but her mother is not mentioned. She married Jehoiada, the high priest, being the only woman of Aaron’s line who married into a royal family. She assisted her husband in preserving the young Joash (see ), ( 2 Kings 11:2). Jehoshua (“his help is Jah” ) . ( Numbers 13:16). Jehovah . Jehovah-Jireh (“Jah will see” ) The place where Abraham was about to sacrifice Isaac. Lost. ( Genesis 22:14). Jehovah-Nissi (“Jah my banner” ) Place of an altar built by Moses in memory of a victory over the Amalekites, on Horeb ( Exodus 17:15). Jehovah-Shalom (“Jah is peace” ) Place of an altar built by Gideon in Ophrah, in memory of the salutation of the angel, “Peace be unto thee” ( Judges 6:24). Jehovah-Shammah (“Jah is there” ) The name of the city in Ezekiel’s vision (Ezekiel 40; Ezekiel 48). Jehovah-Tsidkenu (“Jah our righteousness,” in Jeremiah 23:6 ). Supposed to be one of the titles of the Messiah. It was the prophetic name of a king to be raised up (a branch of David), who will reign and prosper, executing judgment and justice, Also, it is to be the name of the Jerusalem of the future, as the city of the great king ( Jeremiah 33:16).

Jehozabad (“gifted by Jah” ) There were several of this name: 1. The murderer of Joash ( 2 Kings 12:21), whose mother was a Moabitess. 2. A general of 180,000 in Jehoshaphat’s army, a Benjamite ( Chronicles 17:18). 3. A porter or door-keeper of the south gate of the temple ( Chronicles 26:4; Nehemiah 12:25).

Jehozadak (“Jah makes just” ) . Son of Seraiah, the last high priest before the captivity ( 2 Kings 25:18), who was carried into captivity, and died there, but left a son Jeshua, who returned and revived the office ( Ezra 3:2). in the Greek, and in Haggai and in Zechariah. Jehu (“Jah is he” ) 1. First in the 5th dynasty in Israel (see ). He was the son of Jehoshaphat ( 2 Kings 9:2). His grandfather was Nimshi, who was better known than his father. Twenty years before he began to reign he was divinely singled out as the king of Israel by Elijah, and he was anointed by a servant of Elisha, when he was a general in the army, fighting against Hazael, king of Syria, at Ramoth-Gilead ( 2 Kings 9:4-10). He carried out the directions of the prophesy to the very letter, and also destroyed the Baal (and Astarte) worshipers, their temple and images, but did not entirely purify the national worship, and therefore his line went to destruction in the 4th generation (2 Kings 29:30; Hosea 1:4). 2. Son of Hanani, a prophet of Judah, whose prophesy, was directed against Israel. He also wrote a life of Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 16:7; 20:34; 1 Kings 16:1). 3. Man of the house of Hezron, in Judah ( 1 Chronicles 2:38). 4. Chief in Simeon (4:35). 5. “Jehu, the Anthothite,” joined David at Ziklag (12:3).

Jehubbah (“will be hidden” ) Son of Shomer of Asher ( 1 Chronicles 7:34).

Jehucal (“potent” ) Son of Shelemiah (Jucal), “prince of the king” ( Jeremiah 37:3; 38:1).

Jehud (“praise” ) City in Dan ( Joshua 19:45). El Yehudiyeh, near Lydd, 7 miles east of Jaffa (Rob.).

Jehudi (“Jews” ) Son of Nethaniah, sent to bring Baruch with Jeremiah’s denunciation to be read to the king ( Jeremiah 36:14,21,23).

Jehudijah (“Jewess” ) Correctly Hajehudijah, a wife of Merod, sister of Naham ( 1 Chronicles 4:18). Hodijah in 1 Chronicles 4:19.

Jehush (“collecting” ) Son of Eshek in the line of Saul ( 1 Chronicles 8:39).

Jeiel (“El’s treasure” ) There are eight of this name, but none are famous.

Jekabzeel (“El collects” ) Kabzeel was so named after the return from captivity ( Nehemiah 9:25).

Jekameam (“assembler” ) Levite in David’s time, in the line of Hebron ( 1 Chronicles 23:19).

Jekamiah (“Jah collects” ) Son of Shallum (in Ahab’s time). Another person is called Jekamiah in Chronicles 2:41.

Jehuthiel (“piety” ) Son of Mered (see ), who built Zanoah.

Jemima (“dove” ) Job’s oldest daughter after his recovery ( Job 42:14). is a name of a province in the center of Arabia, said to have been named after an ancient queen of the Arabians.

Jemini (“right hand” ) A Benjamite ( 1 Samuel 9:1).

Jemnaan . . (Judith 2:28).

Jemuel (“El’s day” ) Son of Simeon ( Genesis 46:10).

Jepthae for Jephthah in Heb 11:32.

Jephthah (Hebrew: yiftah, “he will open”, Judges 22 ). Son of Gilead and a concubine. Driven out of the family by the other children, he went to where he became a leader of a band of marauders, ready for any service but not of robbery. Samuel names him among those who were raised up by God for his people ( 1 Samuel 12:11), and Paul mentions his special faith ( Hebrews 11:32). The Elders of Israel not finding any one offering to lead against the Ammonites, who had been masters for 18 years, appealed to Jephthah, who solemnly accepted the position. He tried to secure the aid of Ephraim, but in vain, and also to reason with the king of Ammon; and then after making a rash vow he completely overthrew the enemy, taking 20 cities; when having punished the Ephraimites, he held his office for 6 years. The story of his daughter’s sacrifice by his vow has been variously understood. Josephus says she was made a burnt-offering, but modern scholars have inclined to the notion that she was devoted to perpetual virginity, and the sacred service of God in the temple. The story of Iphgenia (doomed as a sacrifice to Diana, and made a priestess in her temple) has been cited as a parallel example of the spirit of the Greeks in that age. The vow was that the first person that came out of his house to meet him should be the Lord’s, that is, should be devoted to the Lord; if a man he should serve as a priest’s servant: if a woman she should be devoted to the sacred duties of religion as a holy virgin ( Judges 11:39), a companion to the women of the Gibeonites. Human sacrifice was contrary to the Hebrew idea of true worship of God, and is specially rebuked in the story of Abraham and Isaac. The idea of sacrifice is just as strongly brought out in the perpetual virginity of the young woman who, in common with all the daughters of Israel, might hope to become a mother, or the mother even of the Messiah. Besides, burntofferings must in all cases be males; and again, the vow to offer some animal would have been a small matter, unworthy of the important occasion. It is quite reasonable to suppose that Jephthah thought of his daughter when he made the vow, for he was a husband of one wife, and had but one child, who was his only hope of posterity, thus making it a real sacrifice. The Levites also were devoted in this same sense to the service of God, made dependent, sacred to the Lord, and offered as an offering. Samuel was also devoted to the Lord.

Jephunneh (“for whom a way is made” ) 1. The father of Caleb, a Kenezite of Edom. 2. Oldest son of Jether, in Asher ( 1 Chronicles 7:38).

Jerah (“new moon” ). 4th Son of Joktan ( Genesis 10:26). Yerakh in Yemen,and (more probable) the Aliloei (the moon people) of Herodotus; not those who are named from Mohammed’s relative, Bene-Hilal, living near the Red Sea, south, near Zafari. There is also a locality called El-Latt (lah), meaning the rock where a peculiar worship was offered (to the serpent?); a species of fetishism.

Jerahmeel (“El’s mercy” ) 1. Oldest son of Hezron ( 1 Chronicles 2:9). 2. A Levite of the family of Kish ( 1 Chronicles 24:29). 3. Son of Hammelech, or the king, the keeper of Jeremiah and Baruch in prison ( Jeremiah 36:26).

Jerahmeelites From No. 1 ( 1 Samuel 27:10), lived in the south of Judah.

Jered (“descent” ) . 1. Son of Mahalaleel, father of Enoch ( 1 Chronicles 1:2). 2. Builder of Gedor, in Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:18).

Jeremai (“living in the heights” ) Son of Hashum (