JAHZAH ja'-za. See JAHAZ. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAHZAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JAHLEELITES, THE ja'-le-el-its (hayachle'eli, coll. with article): In Numbers 26:26, the descendants of the clan of Jahleel. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAHLEELITES, THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JAHMAI ja'-ma-i, ja'-mi (yachmay, perhaps = yachmeyah, "may Yahweh protect!"): In 1 Chronicles 7:2, head of a clan of Issachar. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAHMAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JAHLEEL ja'-le-el (yachle'el, "wait for God!"): In Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26, a "son" (i.e. clan) of Zebulun. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAHLEEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JAHDIEL ja'-di-el (yachdi'el, "God gives joy"): In 1 Chronicles 5:24, head of a Manassite family. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAHDIEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JAHDO ja'-do (yachdo, meaning uncertain; Kittel suggests yachday = Jahdai): In 1 Chronicles 5:14, a Gileadite. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAHDO'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JAHDAI ja'-da-i, ja'-di (yahday, "Yah leads" (?); Baer reads yehday): In 1 Chronicles 2:47, where six sons of Jahdai are mentioned. "The name has been taken as that of another wife or concubine of Caleb; more probably Jahdai is a descendant of Caleb, whose name, in the original connection, has fallen from the text" (Curtis, Chronicles, 96). Copyri

JAHAZIAH ja-ha-zi'-a: the King James Version for JAHZEIAH (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAHAZIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JAHAZIEL ja-ha'-zi-el (yachazi'el, "God sees"): (1) In 1 Chronicles 12:4 (Hebrew 5), one of David's recruits at Ziklag, a Benjamite or maybe a Judean. (2) In 1 Chronicles 16:6, one of two priests appointed by David to sound trumpets before the ark on its journey to Jerusalem. The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus, read "Uzziel."

JAHAZ ja'-haz (yahats, Isaiah 16:4; Jeremiah 48:34, yahatsah, or yahtsah, Numbers 21:23; Deuteronomy 2:32; Joshua 13:18; 21:36, the King James Version "Jahazah"; Judges 11:20; Jeremiah 48:21; 1 Chronicles 6:78, "Jahzah"): This is the place where in a great battle Israel overwhelmed Sihon king of the Amorites, and then took possession of all his te

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

JAHATH ja'-hath (yachath, perhaps for yachteh, yachatheh, "he (God) will snatch up"): (1) Son of Reaiah, son of Shobal, a descendant of Judah, and father of Ahumai and Lahad, the families of the Zorathites (1 Chronicles 4:2). (2) A frequent name for a descendant of Levi: (a) Son of Libni, son of Gershom, the eldest son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:20

JAGUR ja'-gur (yaghur): An unidentified town on the Edomite frontier of Judah in the South (Joshua 15:21). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAGUR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JADON ja'-don (yadhon, perhaps "he will judge" or "plead"): One who helped to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem in company with the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah (Nehemiah 3:7). He is called the "Meronothite," and another Meronothite is referred to in 1 Chronicles 27:30, but there is no mention of a place Meronoth. Jadon is the name given by Josephus (A

JAEL ja'-el (ya`el, "a wild or mountain goat," as in Psalms 104:18; Iael): The wife of Heber the Kenite and the slayer of Sisera (Judges 4:17-22; 5:2-31). Jael emerges from obscurity by this single deed, and by the kindest construction can hardly be said to have reached an enviable fame. The history of this event is clear. For years Jabin the king

JADDUA jad'-u-a, ja-du'-a (yaddua`, "known"): (1) One of the "chiefs of the people" who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant, thus signifying their voluntary acceptance of the law and their solemn promise to submit to its yoke (Nehemiah 10:21 (Hebrew 22)). (2) Son of Jonathan or Johanan, and great-grandson of Eliashib, the high priest in Nehemiah's

JADDUS jad'-us (Codex Vaticanus, Iaddous; Codex Alexandrinus, Ioddous): the King James Version has "Addus" = Barzillai (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63). Jaddus was removed from the office of the priesthood because he could not prove his right to it after the return to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:38). He is called Barzillai in the. Old Testame

JADDAI jad'-i, jad'-a-i. See IDDO; JADAU. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JADDAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JADA ja'-da (yadha`, "the knowing one"): Son of Onam and grandson of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah (1 Chronicles 2:26,28,32). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JADA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JADAU ja'-do, ja-da'-u (yiddo, Kethibh; yadday, Qere the King James Version; but the Revised Version (British and American) IDDO): In Ezra 10:43, one of those who had married foreign wives. the Revised Version margin has "Jaddai" (= "Edos," 1 Esdras 9:35). See IDDO. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr,