JERUSALEM, NEW (Hierousalem kaine): This name occurs in Revelation 21:2 (21:10, "holy city"). The conception is based on prophecies which predict a glorious future to Jerusalem after the judgment (Isaiah 52:1). In Revelation, however, it is not descriptive of any actual locality on earth, but allegorically depicts the final state of the church ("t

JERUSALEM, 3 VII. Antiquarian Remains Connected with the Water-Supply. In a city like Jerusalem, where the problem of a water-supply must always have been one of the greatest, it is only natural that some of the most ancient and important works should have centered round it. The three sources of supply have been (1) springs, (2) cisterns, (3) a

JERUSALEM, 1 je-roo'-sa-lem: I. THE NAME 1. In Cuneiform 2. In Hebrew 3. In Greek and Latin 4. The Meaning of Jerusalem 5. Other Names II. GEOLOGY, CLIMATE AND SPRINGS 1. Geology 2. Climate and Rainfall 3. The Natural Springs III. THE NATURAL SITE 1. The Mountains Around 2. The Valleys 3. The Hills IV. GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY OF JERUSALEM

JERUSALEM, 2 IV. General Topography of Jerusalem. From the foregoing description of the "natural site," it will be seen that we have to deal with 5 natural subdivisions or hills, two on the western and three on the eastern ridges. 1. Description of Josephus: In discussing the topography it is useful to commence with the description of Josephus,

JERUBBESHETH jer-ub-be'-sheth, je-rub'-e-sheth (yerubbesheth, see JERUBBAAL, for meaning): It is found once (2 Samuel 11:21) for JERUBBAAL. The word bosheth, "shameful thing," was substituted by later editors of the text for ba`al, "lord," in the text of Jeremiah 3:24; Hosea 9:10; in 2 Samuel 2:8, etc., we find Ish-bosheth = Eshbaal (Ishbaal) in

JERUEL je-roo'-el, jer'-oo-el (yeru'el, "founded by El"): Jahaziel prophesied that King Jehoshaphat should meet the hordes of Moabites and Ammonites, after they had come up by the "ascent of Ziz," "at the end of the valley (i.e. wady), before the wilderness of Jeruel" (2 Chronicles 20:16). The particular part of the wilderness intended, is unknown

JERUBBAAL jer-u-ba'-al, je-rub'-a-al (yerubba`al, "let Baal contend"): The name given to Gideon by his father, Joash, and the people in recognition of his destruction of the altar of Baal at Ophrah (Judges 6:32). For this name the form "Jerubbesheth" (2 Samuel 1:21) was substituted after the analogy of "Ishbosheth" and "Mephibosheth," in which bos

JEROBOAM jer-o-bo'-am (yarobh`am; Septuagint Hieroboam, usually assumed to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's cause"): The name was borne by two kings of Israel. (1) Jeroboam I, son of Nebat, an Ephraimite, and of Zeruah, a widow (1 Kings 11:26-40; :). He was the first king of Isr

JEROHAM je-ro'-ham (yerocham, "may he be compassionate!"): (1) An Ephraimite, the father of Elkanah, and grandfather of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Chronicles 6:27,34)): Jerahmeel is the name in Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus, in 1 Samuel and in Septuagint, L and manuscripts, in 1 Chronicles. (2) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:27), apparently = JEREMOTH,

JERIOTH jer'-i-oth, jer'-i-oth (yeri`oth, "(tent-) curtains"): In 1 Chronicles 2:18, where Massoretic Text is corrupt, Kittel in his commentary and in Biblical Hebrew reads "Caleb begat (children) of Azubah his wife, Jerioth." Wellhausen (De Gent. et Fam. Jud., 33) reads, "Caleb begat (children) of Azubah his wife, the daughter of Jerioth." Accord

JERIMOTH jer'-i-moth (see JEREMOTH, (c)): (1) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 7:7). (2) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag, or perhaps a Judean (1 Chronicles 12:5)). (3) In 1 Chronicles 24:30 = JEREMOTH, (4) (which see). (4) A Levite musician in David's time (1 Chronicles 25:4). (5) Son of David and father of Mahalath, Rehoboam's wife (2 Chronic

JERIJAH je-ri'-ja (1 Chronicles 26:31). See JERIAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JERIJAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JERICHO jer'-i-ko (the word occurs in two forms. In the Pentateuch, in 2 Kings 25:5 and in Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles it is written yerecho; yericho, elsewhere): In 1 Kings 16:34 the final Hebrew letter is he (h), instead of waw (w). The termination waw (w) thought to preserve the peculiarities of the old Canaanite. dialect. In the Septuagint we h

JERIEL je'-ri-el, jer'-i-el (yeri'el, "founded of God"; compare JERIAH): A chief of Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:2). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JERIEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JERIBAI jer'-i-bi, jer-i-ba'-i (yeribhay, meaning uncertain): One of David's mighty men of the armies (1 Chronicles 11:46); one of the names not found in the list in 2 Samuel 23:24-29 a. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JERIBAI'". "International Standard

JERIAH je-ri'-a (yeriyahu, "founded of Yahweh"): In 1 Chronicles 23:19; 24:23 = "Jerijah" (yeriyah), 26:31, head of a Levitical house: called chief of the Hebronites in 24:23 (compare 24:30). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JERIAH'". "International Stand

JEREMY jer'-e-mi. See JEREMIAH (general article). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JEREMY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JEREMIEL jer-e-mi'-el (Latin Hieremihel, al. Jeremiel, "El hurls" or "El appoints"): the King James Version margin and the Revised Version (British and American) in 2 Esdras 4:36 for the King James Version "Uriel." He is here called the "archangel" who answers the questions raised by the souls of the righteous dead. He is perhaps identical with Ra

JEREMIAS jer-e-mi'-as (Ieremias): (1) Named among the sons of Baani as one of those who had married foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:34). In Ezra 10:33 we find, "Jeremai" among the sons of Hashum. In 1 Esdras it should come in 9:33 before Manasses. (2) See JEREMIAH (general article). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Inform

JEREMIAH, THE LAMENTATIONS OF See LAMENTATIONS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JEREMIAH, THE LAMENTATIONS OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.