Jehizkiah
Jehovah strengthens, one of the chiefs of Ephraim (2 Chr. 28:12).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, M. G. Easton, 1897.
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Jehoaddan
Jehovah his ornament, the wife of King Jehoash, and mother of King Amaziah (2 Kings 14:2).
Jehoahaz
Jehovah his sustainer, or he whom Jehovah holdeth. (1.) The youngest son of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Chr. 21:17; 22:1, 6, 8, 9); usually Ahaziah (q.v.).(2.) The son and success...
Jehoash
Jehovah-given. (1.) The son of King Ahaziah. While yet an infant, he was saved from the general massacre of the family by his aunt Jehosheba, and was apparently the only survivi...
Jehohanan
Jehovah-granted, Jeroboam II. (1.) A Korhite, the head of one of the divisions of the temple porters (1 Chr. 26:3).(2.) One of Jehoshaphat’s “captains” (2 Chr. 17:15).(3.) The f...
Jehoiachin
Succeeded his father Jehoiakin (B.C. 599) when only eight years of age, and reigned for one hundred days (2 Chr. 36:9). He is also called Jeconiah (Jer. 24:1; 27:20, etc.), and ...
Jehoiada
Jehovah-known. (1.) The father of Benaiah, who was one of David’s chief warriors (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23).(2.) The high priest at the time of Athaliah’s usurpation of the throne of ...
Jehoiakim
He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (B.C. 610-599). His original name was Eliakim (q.v.).On ...
Jehoiarib
Jehovah defends, a priest at Jerusalem, head of one of the sacerdotal courses (1 Chr. 9:10; 24:7). His “course” went up from Babylon after the Exile (Ezra 2:36-39; Neh. 7:39-42).
Jehonadab
Jehovah is liberal; or, whom Jehovah impels. (1.) A son of Shimeah, and nephew of David. It was he who gave the fatal wicked advice to Amnon, the heir to the throne (2 Sam. 13:3...
Jehonathan
Whom Jehovah gave. (1.) One of the stewards of David’s store-houses (1 Chr. 27:25).(2.) A Levite who taught the law to the people of Judah (2 Chr. 17:8).(3.) Neh. 12:18.
Jehoram
Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10).(2.) A Levite of the famil...
Jehoshaphat
Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David’s body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43).(2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24).(3.) Son of Ahilud, “rec...
Jehoshaphat, Valley of
Mentioned in Scripture only in Joel 3:2, 12. This is the name given in modern times to the valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, and the Kidron flows through it. Her...
Jehosheba
Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel. She is called Jehoshabeath in 2 Chr. 22:11. She was the only princess of the royal house who was married to a high...
Jehovah
The special and significant name (not merely an appellative title such as Lord [adonai]) by which God revealed himself to the ancient Hebrews (Ex. 6:2, 3). This name, the Tetrag...
Jehovah-jireh
Jehovah will see; i.e., will provide, the name given by Abraham to the scene of his offering up the ram which was caught in the thicket on Mount Moriah. The expression used in G...
Jehovah-nissi
Jehovah my banner, the title given by Moses to the altar which he erected on the hill on the top of which he stood with uplifted hands while Israel prevailed over their enemies ...
Jehovah-shalom
Jehovah send peace, the name which Gideon gave to the altar he erected on the spot at Ophrah where the angel appeared to him (Judg. 6:24).
Jehovah-shammah
Jehovah is there, the symbolical title given by Ezekiel to Jerusalem, which was seen by him in vision (Ezek. 48:35). It was a type of the gospel Church.
Jehovah-tsidkenu
Jehovah our rightousness, rendered in the Authorized Version, “The LORD our righteousness,” a title given to the Messiah (Jer. 23:6, marg.), and also to Jerusalem (33:16, marg.).
Jehozabad
Jehovah-given. (1.) The son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4), one of the Levite porters.(2.) The son of Shomer, one of the two conspirators who put king Jehoash to death in Millo in J...
Jehozadak
Jehovah-justified, the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian exile (1 Chr. 6:14, 15). He was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, and probably died i...
Jehu
Jehovah is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah (1 Chr. 2:38).(2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3).(3.) The son of Hanani, a p...
Jehucal
Able, the son of Shelemiah. He is also called Jucal (Jer. 38:1). He was one of the two persons whom Zedekiah sent to request the prophet Jeremiah to pray for the kingdom (Jer. 3...
Jehudi
A Jew, son of Nethaniah. He was sent by the princes to invite Baruch to read Jeremiah’s roll to them (Jer. 36:14, 21).
Jeiel
Snatched away by God. (1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr. 9:35; 8:29).(2.) One of the Levites who took part in praising God on the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 16:5...