JASIEL ja'-si-el, jas'-i-el (ya`asi'el, "God is maker," 1 Chronicles 11:47 the King James Version). See JAASIEL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JASIEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JASON (1) ja'-sun (Iason): A common name among the Hellenizing Jews who used it for Jesus or Joshua, probably connecting it with the Greek verb iashthai ("to heal"). (1) Son of Eleazar, sent (161 BC) by Judas Maccabeus with other deputies to Rome "to make a league of amity and confederacy" (1 Macc 8:17; Josephus, Ant, XII, x, 6), and perhaps to b

JASHUBI-LEHEM ja-shoo-bi-le'-hem (yashubhi-lechem): A name in 1 Chronicles 4:22 where commentators insert beth, between the two words and translate "(and) returned to Bethlehem." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JASHUBI-LEHEM'". "International Standard Bi

JASHUBITES, THE ja'-shub-its, jash'-ub-its (ha-yashubhi, coll. with article): In Numbers 16:24, descendants of JASHUB (q.v. (1)). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JASHUBITES, THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JASHOBEAM ja-sho'-be-am (yashobh`am, probably "people will return"; see discussion of names compounded with `am, in HPN, 41-59): Jashobeam is mentioned in three passages (1 Chronicles 11:11; 12:6 (Hebrew 7) 1 Chronicles 27:2), but opinions vary as to the number of persons erred to. In 1 Chronicles 11:11 he is called "the son of a Hachmonite" (refe

JASHUB ja'-shub, jash'-ub (yashubh; yashibh, in Chronicles, but Qere, yashubh, "he returns"): (1) In Numbers 26:24; 1 Chronicles 7:1, a "son" (clan) of Issachar. Genesis 46:13 has incorrectly Iob, but Septuagint Jashub. (2) In Ezra 10:29, one of those who had married foreign wives = "Jasubus" in 1 Esdras 9:30. (3) In Isaiah 7:3, part of the name

JASHEN ja'-shen, jash'-en (yashen, "asleep"(?)): Seemingly the father of some of David s thirty valiant men (2 Samuel 23:32). The Massoretic Text reads "Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, Shammah the Hararite, .... " 1 Chronicles 11:33 f has Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee th

JASHER, BOOK OF ja'-sher, jash'-er: the King James Version for JASHAR (which see), and see BETH-HORON, THE BATTLE OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JASHER, BOOK OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JASAELUS; JASAEL jas-a-e'-lus , ja'-sa-el (Iasaelos; Codex Vaticanus, Asaelos; the King James Version (1 Esdras 9:30)): Called "Sheal" in Ezra 10:29. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JASAELUS; JASAEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JASHAR, BOOK OF ja'-shar, jash'-ar (cepher ha-yashar; the King James Version Book of Jasher, margin "the book of the upright"): The title of an ancient Hebrew national song-book (literally, "book of the righteous one") from which two quotations are made in the Old Testament: (1) Joshua 10:12-14, the command of Joshua to the sun and moon, "Sun, st

JARIMOTH jar'-i-moth (Iarimoth): 1 Esdras 9:28; called "Jeremoth" in Ezra 10:27. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JARIMOTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JARMUTH jar'-muth (yarmuth: (1) A city of the Canaanites in the Shephelah (Joshua 15:35) of Judah whose "king," Piram, joined the league of the "five kings" against Joshua (Joshua 10:3-5), was defeated at Gibeon and slain at Makkedah (10:23). One of the 31 "kings" defeated in Joshua' s campaign (Joshua 12:11). In Joshua 15:35 it is mentioned in co

JAROAH ja-ro'-a (yaroach, meaning unknown): A Gadite chief (1 Chronicles 5:14). But the text is doubtful; see Curtis, Chronicles, 124. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAROAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JARIB ja'-rib, jar'-ib (yaribh, "he contends," or "takes (our) part," or "conducts (our) case"): (1) In 1 Chronicles 4:24, a "son" (clan) of Simeon = "Jachin" of Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12. (2)In Ezra 8:16, one of the "chief men" for whom Ezra sent, and dispatched by him to Casiphia to fetch ministers for God's house = "Joribus" (1

JARESIAH jar-e-si'-a: the King James Version for JAARESHIAH (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JARESIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JARHA jar'-ha (yarcha`, meaning unknown): An Egyptian slave of Shesham, about Eli's time (compare HPN, 235), who married his master's daughter, and became the founder of a house of the Jerahmeelites (1 Chronicles 2:34). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JA

JARED ja'-red (yeredh, "descent"; pausal form, yaredh, in Genesis 5:15; 1 Chronicles 1:2, hence, English Versions of the Bible "Jared" for "Jered"; Iared): In Genesis 5:15-20; 1 Chronicles 1:2; Luke 3:37, son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch. The King James Version has "Jered" in 1 Chronicles 1:2. The name is supposed by Budde to denote a degene

JARAH ja'-ra (ya`rah, "honey-comb" (?)): A descendant of King Saul (1 Chronicles 9:42); but the Septuagint's Codices Vaticanus and Alexandrinus, have Iada = ya`dah, a name found in Septuagint of 1 Chronicles 8:36, where Massoretic Text has yeho`addah, Jehoaddah. Some Hebrew manuscripts have ya`dah in 9:42, and it should probably be accepted as the

JAREB ja'-reb, jar'-eb (yarebh, "let him contend"; Septuagint Iareim): 1. Obscurity of the Name: Is mentioned twice in Ho (5:13; 10:6) as an Assyrian king who received tribute from Israel. We do not, however, know of an Assyrian king of that name, or of such a place as is indicated by "the king of Jareb" (5:13 King James Version, margin). Sayce (

JAPHO ja'-fo: the King James Version and the American Revised Version margin in Joshua 19:46 for JOPPA (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAPHO'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.