JEPHTHAH
(whom God sets free), A judge about B.C. 1143-1137. His history is contained in (Judges 11:1; Judges 12:8) He was a Gileadite, the son of Gilead and a concubine. Driven by the l...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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JEPHUNNEH
(for whom a way is prepared).Father of Caleb the spy, appears to have belonged to an Edomitish tribe called Kenezites, from Kenaz their founder. See (Numbers 13:6) etc.; Numb 32...
JERAH
(the moon), the fourth in order of the sons of Joktan, (Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20) and the progenitor of a tribe of southern Arabia.
JERAHMEEL
(mercy of God).First-born son of hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah, (1 Chronicles 2:9,25-27,33,42) and founder of the family of Jerahmeelites. (1 Samuel 27:10) (B.C. b...
JERAHMEELITES
(descendants of Jerahmeel), The, the tribe descended from the first of the foregoing persons. (1 Samuel 27:10) They dwelt in the south of Judah.
JERED
(descent).Son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch. (1 Chronicles 1:2)One of the descendants of Judah signalized as the "father" --i.e. the founder-- "of Gedor." (1 Chronicles 4:18)
JEREMAI
(dwelling in heights), a layman, one of the Bene-Hashum, who was compelled by Ezra to put away his foreign wife. (Ezra 10:33) (B.C. 459.)
JEREMIAH
Seven other persons bearing the same name as the prophet are mentioned in the Old Testament:--Jeremiah of Libnah, father of Hamutal wife of Josiah. (2 Kings 23:31) (B.C. before ...
JEREMIAH
(whom Jehovah has appointed) was "the son of Hilkiah of the priests that were in Anathoth." (Jeremiah 1:1)History. --He was called very young (B.C. 626) to the prophetic office,...
JEREMIAH, BOOK OF
"There can be little doubt that the book of Jeremiah grew out of the roll which Baruch wrote down at the prophet’s mouth in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. ch. (Jeremiah 36:2) App...
JEREMIAS
the Greek form of the name of Jeremiah the prophet. (Matthew 16:14)
JEREMOTH
(heights).A Benjamite chief, a son of the house of Beriah of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:14) comp. 1Chr 8:12-18 (B.C. about 588.)A merarite levite, son of Mushi. (1 Chronicles 23:23...
JEREMY
the prophet Jeremiah. (Matthew 2:17; 27:9)
JERIAH
a Kohathite Levite, chief of the great house of Hebron when David organized the service. (1 Chronicles 23:19; 24:23) B.C. 1014. The same man is mentioned again as JERIJAH. (1 Ch...
JERIBAI
(whom Jehovah defends), one of the Bene-Elnaan, named among the heroes of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:46)
JERICHO
(place of fragrance), a city of high antiquity, situated in a plain traversed by the Jordan, and exactly over against where that river was crossed by the Israelites under Joshua...
JERIEL
(people of God), a man of Issachar, one of the six heads of the house of Tola. (1 Chronicles 7:2)
JERIJAH
(people of Jehovah). [See JERIAH]
JERIMOTH
(heights).Son or descendant of Bela. (1 Chronicles 7:7) He is perhaps the same aswho joined David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:5) (B.C. 1055.)A son of Beecher, (1 Chronicles 7:8)...
JERIOTH
(curtains), one of the elder Caleb’s wives. (1 Chronicles 2:18)
JEROBOAM
(whose people are many).The first king of the divided kingdom of Israel, B.C. 975-954, was the son of an Ephraimite of the name of Nebat. He was raised by Solomon to the rank of...
JEROHAM
(cherished).Father of Elkanah, the father of Samuel, of the house of Kohath. (1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Chronicles 6:27,34) (B.C. before 1142.)A Benjamite, the founder of a family of Bene...
JERUBBAAL, OR JERUBBAAL
(contender with Baal), the surname of Gideon, which he acquired in consequence of destroying the altar of Baal, when his father defended him from the vengeance of the Abiezrites...
JERUBBESHETH
(contender with the shame), a name of Gideon. (2 Samuel 11:21)
JERUEL
(founded by God), The wilderness of, the place in which Jehoshaphat was informed by Jahaziel the Levite that he should encounter the hordes of Ammon, Moab and the Mehunims. (2 C...
JERUSALEM
(the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46’ 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18’ 30" east of Greenwich. It is 32 miles distant from the sea and 18 f...
JERUSHA
(possessed), daughter of Zadok and queen of Uzziah. (2 Kings 15:33) (B.C. 806.)