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JABBOK
@ brook of, one of the eastern tributaries of the Jordan- kjv@Numbers:21:24; kjv@Deuteronomy:2:37; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:16
JABESH
- GILEAD @ a town east of the Jordan- kjv@Judges:21:8; kjv@1Samuel:11:1; kjv@1Samuel:31:11; kjv@2Samuel:2:4; kjv@2Samuel:21:12
JACOB @ (Supplanter), son of Isaac
(1) General References to- kjv@Genesis:25:26,34; kjv@Genesis:27:6,30; kjv@Genesis:28:1; kjv@Genesis:29:1,18; kjv@Genesis:30:25; kjv@Genesis:31:3; kjv@Genesis:32:9,30 kjv@Genesis:33:10,17; kjv@Genesis:35:1; kjv@Genesis:36:6; kjv@Genesis:37:3; kjv@Genesis:42:1; kjv@Genesis:43:11; kjv@Genesis:45:26; kjv@Genesis:46:5 kjv@Genesis:47:9; kjv@Genesis:48:2; kjv@Genesis:49:33; kjv@Genesis:50:13
(2) Summary of his Character Naturally, crafty- Genesis:25:3133 Deceptive Genesis:27:18-29 Reaped the result of his own sin- kjv@Genesis:27:42,43 Became Religious- kjv@Genesis:28:10,20,21 Affectionate- kjv@Genesis:29:18 Industrious- kjv@Genesis:31:40 Prayerful- Genesis:32:9-12,24-30 Disciplined by affliction- kjv@Genesis:37:28; kjv@Genesis:42:36 A man of faith- kjv@Hebrews:11:21
JAEL @ wife of Heber- kjv@Judges:4:17; kjv@Judges:5:6,24
JAIR @
(1) Son of Manasseh- kjv@Numbers:32:41; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:14
(2) A Judge- kjv@Judges:10:3 Judges of Israel
(2), ISRAEL
- THE JEWS
JAIRUS @ ruler of a synagogue, whose child Christ raised to life- kjv@Matthew:9:18; kjv@Mark:5:22
JAMES @ (a) An Apostle, son of Zebedee, brother of John- kjv@Matthew:4:21; kjv@Matthew:10:2; kjv@Matthew:17:1; kjv@Mark:1:19; kjv@Mark:3:17; kjv@Mark:5:37; kjv@Mark:9:2; kjv@Mark:10:35; kjv@Mark:14:33 kjv@Luke:5:10; kjv@Luke:6:14; kjv@Luke:8:51; kjv@Acts:1:13; kjv@Acts:12:2 (b) An Apostle, son of Alphaeus- kjv@Matthew:10:3; kjv@Mark:3:18; kjv@Luke:6:15; kjv@Acts:1:13; kjv@Acts:21:18; kjv@1Corinthians:15:7 kjv@Galatians:1:19; kjv@Galatians:2:9 (c) "The Lord's Brother" (authorities differ as to the existence and identity of this character)- kjv@Matthew:13:55; kjv@Mark:6:3; kjv@Galatians:1:19 Characteristics of, Slow to accept Christ- kjv@John:7:5 After the resurrection joined the disciples- kjv@Acts:1:14 Possibly was won by the appearance of the Lord after his resurrection- kjv@1Corinthians:15:7 Regarded by many as one of the leaders of the church at Jerusalem- kjv@Acts:15:13; kjv@Acts:21:18 Also author of the epistle of James (?)- kjv@James:1:1
JAPHETH @ son of Noah- kjv@Genesis:5:32; kjv@Genesis:6:10; kjv@Genesis:7:13; kjv@Genesis:9:18; kjv@Genesis:10:2; kjv@1Chronicles:1:5
JASHER, BOOK OF @ kjv@Joshua:10:13; kjv@2Samuel:1:18
JASON @ a disciple of Paul's- kjv@Acts:17:5 -, a kinsman of Paul- kjv@Romans:16:21
JAVELIN OR DART @ kjv@Numbers:25:7; kjv@1Samuel:18:10
JAZER @ a city of Gilead- kjv@Numbers:21:32; kjv@Numbers:32:1; kjv@Joshua:13:25; kjv@Joshua:21:39
JEALOUSY @
(1) Divine- kjv@Exodus:20:5; kjv@Exodus:34:14; kjv@Deuteronomy:4:24; kjv@Deuteronomy:29:20; kjv@Joshua:24:19; kjv@1Kings:14:22; kjv@1Corinthians:10:22 Undivided Service, WORK AND WORKERS, RELIGIOUS
(2) Examples of Human Joseph's Brethren- kjv@Genesis:37:4 The Men of Ephraim- kjv@Judges:8:1 King Saul- kjv@1Samuel:18:8; kjv@2Samuel:19:41; kjv@Proverbs:6:34 The Labourers in the Vineyard- kjv@Matthew:20:12 The Elder Brother- kjv@Luke:15:28 Envy
(2), ENVY
JEBUSITES @ kjv@Joshua:11:3; kjv@Joshua:15:63; kjv@Judges:1:21; kjv@Judges:3:5; kjv@Judges:19:11; kjv@2Samuel:5:8
JEDUTHUN @ a musician- kjv@1Chronicles:16:41; kjv@1Chronicles:25:6
JEHOAHAZ @ (a) Son of Jehu, king of Israel- kjv@2Kings:10:35; kjv@2Kings:13:1,9; kjv@2Kings:14:1,8 (b) Son of Jehoram, king of Judah Ahaziah, AHAZIAH (c) Or Shallum, son of Josiah, king of Judah- kjv@2Kings:23:30,34; kjv@2Chronicles:36:1; kjv@Jeremiah:22:11
JEHOASH @ (a) Or Joash, king of Judah Joash, JOASH (b) Or Joash, king of Israel, son of Jehoahaz- kjv@2Kings:13:10,14,25; kjv@2Kings:14:8; kjv@2Chronicles:25:17,23
JEHOIACHIN, CONIAH, OR JECONIAH @ king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim- kjv@2Kings:24:6,8,15; kjv@2Kings:25:27; kjv@2Chronicles:36:9; kjv@Esther:2:6; kjv@Jeremiah:22:24; kjv@Jeremiah:24:1; kjv@Jeremiah:28:4 kjv@Jeremiah:29:2; kjv@Jeremiah:52:31
JEHOIADA @ (a) Officer of David- kjv@2Samuel:8:18 (b) High Priest- kjv@2Kings:11:4,17; kjv@2Kings:12:9; kjv@2Chronicles:22:11; kjv@2Chronicles:23:9,16; kjv@2Chronicles:24:2,15
JEHOIAKIM OR ELIAKIM @ king of Judah, son of Josiah- kjv@2Kings:23:34; kjv@2Kings:24:1; kjv@2Chronicles:36:8; kjv@Jeremiah:1:3; kjv@Jeremiah:22:18; kjv@Jeremiah:25:1; kjv@Jeremiah:26:1; kjv@Jeremiah:27:1 kjv@Jeremiah:36:1; kjv@Jeremiah:46:2; kjv@Jeremiah:52:2
JEHONADAB @ SEE Jonadab (b), JONADAB
JEHORAM @ (a) King of Judah, son of Jehoshaphat- kjv@2Chronicles:21:1,5,9,16,20; kjv@Matthew:1:8 (b) Or Joram, king of Israel, son of Ahab- kjv@2Kings:1:17; kjv@2Kings:3:1; kjv@2Kings:5:6; kjv@2Kings:6:21,30; kjv@2Kings:7:17; kjv@2Kings:9:14,21,24; kjv@2Chronicles:22:5
JEHOSHAPHAT @ (a) David's Recorder- kjv@2Samuel:8:16; kjv@2Samuel:20:24; kjv@1Kings:4:3; kjv@1Chronicles:18:15 (b) King of Judah, son of Asa- kjv@1Kings:15:24; kjv@1Kings:22:41; kjv@2Kings:8:16; kjv@2Chronicles:17:1; kjv@2Chronicles:18:1; kjv@2Chronicles:19:1; kjv@2Chronicles:20:1; kjv@2Chronicles:21:1
- Summary of his life One of the best kings of Judah Had a godly father- kjv@2Chronicles:14:2 Inaugurated a system of religious instruction for the people- 2Chronicles:17:79 Commanded the Judges to be just 2Chronicles:19:69 When surrounding nations attacked him he trusted in the Lord and gained a great victory 2Chronicles:20:137 He manifested weakness in forming alliances with wicked kings 1Kings:22:1-36; 2Kings:3:4-27
JEHOVAH CHOSEN, AS GOD @ kjv@Genesis:28:21; kjv@Deuteronomy:26:17; kjv@Ruth:1:16; kjv@1Kings:18:39; kjv@2Kings:5:17; kjv@Psalms:16:2; kjv@Psalms:31:14 kjv@Psalms:63:1; kjv@Psalms:73:25; kjv@Psalms:118:28; kjv@Psalms:140:6 Wise Choice, CHOICE Choose, SPECIAL
JEHOVAH
- JIREH @ (The Lord will Provide)- kjv@Genesis:22:14
JEHOVAH
- NISI @ (The Lord my Banner)- kjv@Exodus:17:15
JEHOVAH
- SHALOM @ (The Lord send Peace)- kjv@Judges:6:24
JEHOVAH
- SHAMMAH @ (The Lord is There)- kjv@Ezekiel:48:35
JEHOVAH
- TSIDKENU @ (The Lord our Righteousness)- kjv@Jeremiah:23:6; kjv@Jeremiah:33:16
JEHOZADAK, JOSEDECH, OR JOZADAK @ high priest- kjv@1Chronicles:6:15; kjv@Ezra:3:2; kjv@Ezra:5:2; kjv@Ezra:10:18; kjv@Nehemiah:12:26; kjv@Haggai:1:1; kjv@Zechariah:6:11
JEHU @ (a) King of Israel, son of Nimshi- kjv@1Kings:19:16; kjv@2Kings:9:2,24; kjv@2Kings:10:1,29,35; kjv@Hosea:1:4 (b) Prophet, son of Hanani- kjv@1Kings:16:1; kjv@2Chronicles:19:2; kjv@2Chronicles:20:34
JEPHTHAH @ son of Gilead, a deliverer of Israel, one of the judges- kjv@Judges:11:1,5,14,30,34,40; kjv@Judges:12:2,7; kjv@1Samuel:12:11
- Summary of his life An outcast- kjv@Judges:11:1,2 Rises to leadership- Judges:11:4-10 Moved at times by God's Spirit- kjv@Judges:11:29 Made a rash vow- kjv@Judges:11:30,31 Delivered Israel from their enemies- kjv@Judges:11:33 A man who kept his vow- kjv@Judges:11:39
JEREMIAH @ son of Hilkiah, one of the greater prophets- kjv@Jeremiah:1:1; kjv@Jeremiah:3:6; kjv@Jeremiah:20:2; kjv@Jeremiah:21:3; kjv@Jeremiah:24:3; kjv@Jeremiah:25:2; kjv@Jeremiah:28:5; kjv@Jeremiah:36:4,27; kjv@Jeremiah:37:13,21 kjv@Jeremiah:38:6,13,27; kjv@Jeremiah:39:15; kjv@Jeremiah:40:1; kjv@Jeremiah:42:7; kjv@Jeremiah:43:8; kjv@Jeremiah:44:1; kjv@Jeremiah:45:1; kjv@Jeremiah:46:1; kjv@Jeremiah:47:1 kjv@Jeremiah:49:34; kjv@Jeremiah:51:60
JERICHO @ a city west of the Jordan, near Jerusalem- kjv@Numbers:22:1; kjv@Deuteronomy:34:3; kjv@Joshua:6:1,20; kjv@Joshua:7:2; kjv@2Kings:2:4; kjv@2Kings:25:2; kjv@2Chronicles:28:15 kjv@Jeremiah:39:5; kjv@Matthew:20:29; kjv@Mark:10:46; kjv@Luke:10:30; kjv@Luke:18:35
JEROBOAM @
(1) First king of Israel, son of Nebat- kjv@1Kings:11:28; kjv@1Kings:12:2,12,20,26,32; kjv@1Kings:13:1; kjv@1Kings:14:7,19; kjv@2Chronicles:13:4,13,20
(2) King of Israel, son and successor of Jehoash- kjv@2Kings:14:23,27; kjv@Amos:1:1; kjv@Amos:7:10
JERUSALEM @
(1) General References to- kjv@Joshua:10:1; kjv@Judges:19:10; kjv@2Samuel:5:6; kjv@2Samuel:11:1; kjv@2Samuel:15:14; kjv@2Samuel:20:3 kjv@1Kings:2:11; kjv@1Kings:8:1; kjv@1Kings:10:2
(2) Calamities of- kjv@1Kings:14:25; kjv@2Kings:14:13; kjv@2Kings:16:5; kjv@2Kings:24:10; kjv@2Chronicles:25:23; kjv@Psalms:79:1; kjv@Lamentations:1:1 Lamentations
(2), SORROW Captivity of Israel and Judah
(2), ISRAEL
- THE JEWS Temple
(6), TEMPLES
(3) Prophecies against- kjv@Isaiah:3:1; kjv@Jeremiah:9:11; kjv@Jeremiah:19:8; kjv@Jeremiah:21:10; kjv@Jeremiah:25:18; kjv@Amos:2:5; kjv@Micah:3:12 kjv@Matthew:23:37; kjv@Luke:19:43; kjv@Luke:21:24 Lamentations
(2), SORROW
(4) The Names given to Ariel- kjv@Isaiah:29:1 City of David- kjv@2Samuel:5:7; kjv@Isaiah:22:9 City of God- kjv@Psalms:46:4; kjv@Psalms:87:3 City of the Great King- kjv@Psalms:48:2 City of Judah- kjv@2Chronicles:25:28 City of Truth- kjv@Zechariah:8:3 Holy City- kjv@Nehemiah:11:1 Holy Mount- kjv@Daniel:9:16 Jebus- kjv@Joshua:18:28; kjv@Judges:19:10 Perfection of Beauty- kjv@Lamentations:2:15 Salem- kjv@Genesis:14:18; kjv@Psalms:76:2 Throne of the Lord- kjv@Jeremiah:3:17 Zion- kjv@1Kings:8:1; kjv@Zechariah:9:13
(5) Called the Holy City- kjv@Nehemiah:11:1; kjv@Isaiah:1:26; kjv@Isaiah:48:2; kjv@Isaiah:52:1; kjv@Joel:3:17; kjv@Matthew:4:5
, Gates of. SEE Gates
(3), GATES
, Love for. SEE Patriotism, NATION, THE
, Prophecies of the Rebuilding of. SEE Restoration
(2), RESTORATION
JERUSALEM, NEW @ kjv@Hebrews:11:10,16; kjv@Hebrews:12:22; kjv@Hebrews:13:14; kjv@Revelation:21:2,10; kjv@Revelation:22:19
JESHUA OR JOSHUA @ the priest- kjv@Ezra:2:2; kjv@Ezra:3:2; kjv@Ezra:4:3; kjv@Ezra:5:2; kjv@Nehemiah:7:7; kjv@Nehemiah:12:1,10
JESHURUN @ a name given to the Israelites- kjv@Deuteronomy:32:15; kjv@Deuteronomy:33:5; kjv@Isaiah:44:2
JESSE @ father of David- kjv@Ruth:4:17; kjv@1Samuel:16:1; kjv@1Samuel:17:13; kjv@1Samuel:22:3; kjv@1Chronicles:2:13; kjv@Matthew:1:5
JESTING @ foolish, forbidden- kjv@Proverbs:26:19; kjv@Ephesians:5:4
JESUS CHRIST @ Christ, Jesus, CHRIST JESUS
JESUS OF NAZARETH @ kjv@Matthew:21:11; kjv@Mark:1:24; kjv@Mark:14:67; kjv@Mark:16:6; kjv@Luke:18:37; kjv@Luke:24:19; kjv@John:1:45; kjv@John:18:5 kjv@John:19:19; kjv@Acts:2:22; kjv@Acts:3:6; kjv@Acts:4:10; kjv@Acts:6:14; kjv@Acts:10:38; kjv@Acts:22:8; kjv@Acts:26:9 Nazarene, NAZARENE
JESUS' SAKE @ For Christ's Sake, FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE
JETHRO, RAGUEL OR REUEL @ a priest of Midian- kjv@Exodus:2:18; kjv@Exodus:3:1; kjv@Exodus:4:18; kjv@Exodus:18:1,12; kjv@Numbers:10:29
JEWISH JEALOUSY @ kjv@Acts:13:45; kjv@Acts:17:5,13; kjv@Acts:22:22; kjv@Romans:11:11
JEZEBEL @ wife of Ahab, the wicked queen
(1) General References to- kjv@1Kings:16:31; kjv@1Kings:18:4; kjv@1Kings:19:1; kjv@1Kings:21:5,23; kjv@2Kings:9:10,30,36
(2) Characteristics of A patroness of idolatry- kjv@1Kings:18:19 Revengeful- kjv@1Kings:19:2 A murderess- 1Kings:21:5-13 Incited her husband to evil- kjv@1Kings:21:25 Vain- kjv@2Kings:9:30 Met a terrible death- 2Kings:9:33-35 Notable Women, WOMEN
JEZREEL @
(1) A City in the south of Judea- kjv@Joshua:15:56
(2) A City of Issachar- kjv@Joshua:19:18
(3) A Valley- kjv@Joshua:17:16
JOAB @ son of Zeruiah, commander of David's army- kjv@2Samuel:2:18; kjv@2Samuel:3:27; kjv@2Samuel:14:2; kjv@2Samuel:18:14; kjv@2Samuel:20:10; kjv@2Samuel:24:3; kjv@1Kings:2:22,29,34 kjv@1Chronicles:2:16; kjv@1Chronicles:11:6; kjv@1Chronicles:26:28
JOASH OR JEHOASH @ king of Judah, son of Ahaziah- kjv@2Kings:11:2,21; kjv@2Kings:12:1,7,18; kjv@2Chronicles:24:2,17,22,24
- King of Israel. SEE Jehoash (b), JEHOASH
- Father of Gideon- kjv@Judges:6:29
JOB @ of the land of Uz- kjv@Job:1:1; kjv@Ezekiel:14:14; kjv@James:5:11 -"The Patient Man"- kjv@James:5:11 Suffered loss of property- Job:1:13-17 Loss of children- kjv@Job:1:18,19 Loss of health- Job:2:79 Lack of sympathy Job:16:13 Loss of friends Job:30:110 Faith strained but victorious Job:19:1-27 Unselfish prayer leads to his deliverance- kjv@Job:42:10 Blessings restored- kjv@Job:42:11,13
JOEL @ a prophet, son of Pethuel SEE Book of Joel
JOHANAN @ a Jewish captain- kjv@2Kings:25:23; kjv@Jeremiah:40:8; kjv@Jeremiah:41:11; kjv@Jeremiah:42:1; kjv@Jeremiah:43:2
JOHN THE BAPTIST @
(1) General References to- kjv@Isaiah:40:3; kjv@Matthew:11:14; kjv@Luke:1:13,57,60,76,80; kjv@Luke:3:2; kjv@Matthew:3:1,13 kjv@John:1:15,29; kjv@John:3:26; kjv@John:1:19; kjv@John:5:33; kjv@Mark:1:14; kjv@Matthew:4:12; kjv@Matthew:11:2,7,11 kjv@Matthew:14:3,10; kjv@Mark:6:29 Characteristics of
- Self Denial- kjv@Matthew:3:4
- Courage- kjv@Matthew:3:7; kjv@Matthew:14:4
- Obedience- kjv@Matthew:3:15
- Powerful preacher- kjv@Mark:1:5
- Humility- kjv@Mark:1:7; John:1:19-23
- Holiness- kjv@Mark:6:20
- Burning zeal- kjv@John:5:35
- Honoured by Christ- kjv@Matthew:11:11; Luke:7:24-27
- Did no miracle- kjv@John:10:41
- Suffered martyrdom- kjv@Matthew:14:10
(2) Called the "Forerunner" of Christ- kjv@Malachi:3:1; kjv@Matthew:11:10; kjv@Luke:1:17,76
(3) Baptism by.
See CHURCH, THE
(4) Disciples of- kjv@Matthew:9:14; kjv@Matthew:11:2; kjv@Matthew:14:12; kjv@Mark:2:18; kjv@Luke:5:33; kjv@Luke:7:18; kjv@John:3:25
(5) His Testimony Concerning Christ- kjv@John:1:29,36; 3:28-36; kjv@John:5:33; kjv@John:10:41
JOHN, THE BELOVED DISCIPLE, SON OF ZEBEDEE @
(1) General References to- kjv@Matthew:4:21; kjv@Luke:5:10; kjv@Mark:1:29; kjv@Mark:5:37; kjv@Matthew:17:1; kjv@Luke:9:49; kjv@John:13:23 kjv@Mark:14:33; kjv@John:19:26; kjv@John:20:2; kjv@John:21:7,20; kjv@Acts:1:13; kjv@Acts:3:1; kjv@Acts:8:14 kjv@Galatians:2:9; kjv@Revelation:1:9; kjv@Revelation:10:11 Beloved Disciple, BELOVED DISCIPLE
(2) Facts Concerning Naturally Full of energy- kjv@Mark:3:17
Intolerant- kjv@Mark:9:38
Vindictive- kjv@Luke:9:54
Ambitious- Mark:10:35-37 Learned the lesson of love in the school of Christ- kjv@John:13:23; kjv@1John:2:9,10; 3:14-18; 4:7-11 Intrusted with the care of Christ's Mother- kjv@John:19:26 Refers to Christian love twenty-five or more, times in his epistles
JONADAB @ (a) David's Nephew- kjv@2Samuel:13:3,32 (b) Or Jehonadab, son of Rechab- kjv@2Kings:10:15; kjv@Jeremiah:35:6,19 Rechabites, RECHABITES
JONAH OR JONAS @ son of Amittai a prophet- kjv@2Kings:14:25; kjv@Jonah:1:1; kjv@Jonah:2:1; kjv@Jonah:3:1; kjv@Jonah:4:5; kjv@Matthew:12:39; kjv@Matthew:16:4; kjv@Luke:11:29 -"The Reluctant Missionary" Sent to a foreign field- kjv@Jonah:1:2 Sought to flee from an unwelcome duty- kjv@Jonah:1:3 Overtaken in his flight- Jonah:1:4-17 Finds God's presence even in the depths of the sea- kjv@Psalms:139:10; Jonah:2:110 Proceeds upon his mission of warning Jonah:3:13 Disappointed at the success of his own message Jonah:3:5-10; target="32;3;5-10">Jonah:4:1 Reveals his bigotry in lamenting the repentance of the Ninevites- Jonah:4:13 Taught a lesson of the breadth of the Divine Love Jonah:4:4-11
JONATHAN @ (a) A Levite, son of Gershom- kjv@Judges:17:7; kjv@Judges:18:30 (b) Son of Saul- kjv@1Samuel:14:1,27,43,49; kjv@1Samuel:18:1; kjv@1Samuel:19:2; kjv@1Samuel:20:4; kjv@1Samuel:31:2; kjv@2Samuel:1:17 -"The Generous Friend", Characteristics of
- Heroic faith- kjv@1Samuel:14:6 Undaunted courage 1Samuel:14:7-13
- Self-sacrificing friendship- kjv@1Samuel:18:4; kjv@1Samuel:19:2 (c) Son of Abiathar- kjv@2Samuel:15:27; kjv@2Samuel:17:17; kjv@1Kings:1:42 (d) One of David's Warriors- kjv@2Samuel:21:21; kjv@1Chronicles:20:7
JOPPA OR JAPHO @ (MODERN JAFFA) a seaport in Dan- kjv@Joshua:19:46; kjv@2Chronicles:2:16; kjv@Ezra:3:7; kjv@Jonah:1:3; kjv@Acts:9:36; kjv@Acts:10:5; kjv@Acts:11:5
JORAM @ king of Israel SEE Jehoram (b), JEHORAM -king of Judah SEE Jehoram (a), JEHORAM
JORDAN @
(1) River of- kjv@Genesis:32:10; kjv@Numbers:32:32; kjv@Deuteronomy:4:22; kjv@Joshua:3:15; kjv@Joshua:4:3; kjv@Judges:8:4; kjv@2Samuel:17:22 kjv@2Kings:2:8; kjv@2Kings:5:10; kjv@2Kings:6:4; kjv@Jeremiah:12:5; kjv@Matthew:3:6
(2) Plain of- kjv@Genesis:13:10; kjv@Numbers:22:1; kjv@Numbers:26:3; kjv@1Kings:7:46; kjv@2Chronicles:4:17
JOSEPH @ (a) Son of Jacob- kjv@Genesis:30:24; kjv@Genesis:33:2; kjv@Genesis:37:2,28; kjv@Genesis:39:2; kjv@Genesis:40:4; kjv@Genesis:41:25; kjv@Genesis:42:7; kjv@Genesis:43:16 kjv@Genesis:44:2; kjv@Genesis:45:1; kjv@Genesis:46:29; kjv@Genesis:47:7; kjv@Genesis:48:1; kjv@Genesis:50:1,26; kjv@Exodus:13:19 kjv@Joshua:24:32; kjv@1Chronicles:5:1 Summary of his life A youthful dreamer Genesis:37:59 Dreams fulfilled Genesis:41:4244 Faithful in hard places Genesis:39:1-6,2023 Resisted temptation Genesis:39:713 Unspoiled by sudden prosperity Genesis:41:14-46 Manifested brotherly love- kjv@Genesis:43:30; kjv@Genesis:45:14
- Filial Devotion- kjv@Genesis:45:23; kjv@Genesis:47:7
- Dependence upon God- kjv@Genesis:41:16; kjv@Genesis:45:8 Returned good for evil- Genesis:50:16-21 (b) Husband of Mary- kjv@Matthew:1:16; kjv@Matthew:2:13,19; kjv@Luke:2:4; kjv@Luke:3:23; kjv@Luke:4:22
- Characteristics of Charitableness- kjv@Matthew:1:19 Faith- kjv@Matthew:1:24 Obedience- kjv@Matthew:2:14 Faithfulness to religious duty- kjv@Luke:2:41 (c) Of Arimathea- kjv@Matthew:27:57; kjv@Luke:23:50 (d) Or Barsabas- kjv@Acts:1:23
JOSES @ one of Christ's brethren- kjv@Matthew:13:55; kjv@Matthew:27:56
JOSHUA, JEHOSHUA, OR OSHEA @ successor of Moses- kjv@Exodus:17:9; kjv@Exodus:24:13; kjv@Exodus:32:17; kjv@Exodus:33:11; kjv@Numbers:11:28; kjv@Numbers:13:16; kjv@Numbers:14:6,30; kjv@Numbers:27:18 kjv@Numbers:32:12; kjv@Numbers:34:17; kjv@Deuteronomy:1:38; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:21; kjv@Deuteronomy:31:7; kjv@Deuteronomy:34:9; kjv@Judges:2:8; kjv@1Kings:16:34
- Characteristics of Faith Numbers:14:6-8
- Entire consecration- kjv@Numbers:32:12
- Spiritual mindedness- kjv@Joshua:3:5; kjv@Joshua:8:30
- Godly reverence- kjv@Joshua:5:14
- Courage- kjv@Joshua:10:25
- Obedience- kjv@Joshua:11:15
- Decision- kjv@Joshua:24:15
,or Jeshua, high priest,
See JESHUA
JOSIAH @ king of Judah, son of Amon- kjv@1Kings:13:2; kjv@2Kings:21:24; kjv@2Kings:22:3,9; kjv@2Kings:23:29; kjv@2Chronicles:34:1; kjv@2Chronicles:35:1,23; kjv@Jeremiah:1:2
JOTHAM @
(1) Son of Gideon- kjv@Judges:9:5
(2) King of Judah, son of Uzziah- kjv@2Kings:15:5; kjv@2Chronicles:27:1,6,9; kjv@Isaiah:1:1; kjv@Hosea:1:1; kjv@Micah:1:1; kjv@Matthew:1:9
JOY
- SORROW @ (A) CHRIST'S JOY In the Divine Method of Revelation- kjv@Luke:10:21 In finding the Lost Sheep- kjv@Luke:15:5 Abides in Believers- kjv@John:15:11 Bestowed through his Words- kjv@John:17:13 Sustained him at the Cross- kjv@Hebrews:12:2 (B) GREAT JOY, occasions of The laying the Foundation of the Temple- kjv@Ezra:3:12 The Creation- kjv@Job:38:7 The Coming of Christ- kjv@Matthew:2:10 The Resurrection of Christ- kjv@Matthew:28:8 The Ascension of Christ- kjv@Luke:24:52 The Conversion of the Gentiles- kjv@Acts:15:3 Happiness, JOY & JOY Shouting, JOY (C) JOY PROMISED to believers- kjv@Nehemiah:8:10; kjv@Psalms:16:11; kjv@Psalms:30:5; kjv@Psalms:89:16; kjv@Psalms:126:5; kjv@Psalms:132:16; kjv@Isaiah:12:3; kjv@Isaiah:35:10 kjv@Luke:2:10; kjv@John:15:11; kjv@John:16:24; kjv@John:17:13; kjv@Romans:14:17 (D) JOY RESTORED At the Return of Divine Favour- kjv@Psalms:30:11 To those who Mourn- kjv@Isaiah:61:3 At the Deliverance of the Nation- kjv@Jeremiah:30:19; kjv@Jeremiah:31:13 At the Opening of the door of Hope- kjv@Hosea:2:15 At the Vision of the Risen Saviour- kjv@John:16:20 (E) JOY, SPIRITUAL, special reasons for Dedication of God's House- kjv@Ezra:6:22; kjv@Nehemiah:12:43 The Return from Captivity- kjv@Psalms:126:2 The Blessings of a Spiritual Life- kjv@Isaiah:61:10 The Delights of God's Word- kjv@Jeremiah:15:16 Times of Spiritual Refreshing- kjv@Acts:8:5,6,8; kjv@Acts:8:39; kjv@Romans:5:11; kjv@2Corinthians:7:4 The Love of Christ- kjv@1Peter:1:8 (F) SORROW BANISHED, a time when it will be, foretold- kjv@Isaiah:25:8; kjv@Isaiah:35:10; kjv@Isaiah:51:11; kjv@Isaiah:60:20; kjv@Isaiah:65:19; kjv@Jeremiah:31:12; kjv@Revelation:7:17; kjv@Revelation:21:4 Promises to the Afflicted, PROMISES, DIVINE (G) REJOICING
(1) The Duty of- kjv@Deuteronomy:12:7; kjv@Deuteronomy:16:11; kjv@Psalms:5:11; kjv@Psalms:32:11; kjv@Zephaniah:3:14; kjv@Zechariah:9:9; kjv@Luke:10:20 kjv@Romans:12:15; kjv@Philippians:4:4; kjv@1Thessalonians:5:16
(2) Instances of- kjv@1Samuel:2:1, kjv@1Samuel:11:15; kjv@Matthew:2:10; kjv@Luke:1:47; kjv@Acts:8:39; kjv@Acts:16:34; kjv@Romans:5:2
(3) In Tribulation, examples of Famine- kjv@Habbakkuk:3:17,18; kjv@Matthew:5:12; kjv@Luke:6:23 Persecution- kjv@Acts:5:41 Imprisonment- kjv@Acts:16:23,25 Poverty- kjv@2Corinthians:6:10; kjv@Colossians:1:24 Loss of Property- kjv@Hebrews:10:34 Fiery Trials- kjv@1Peter:4:12,13 Affliction,
(2), AFFLICTIONS Happiness
(2), JOY
(4) In Evil Forbidden- kjv@Job:31:29; kjv@Psalms:35:19; kjv@Proverbs:17:5; kjv@Proverbs:24:17; kjv@Obadiah:1:12; kjv@1Corinthians:13:6 Uncharitableness, UNCHARITABLENESS (H) GLADNESS, examples of- kjv@2Chronicles:30:21; kjv@Nehemiah:8:17; kjv@Psalms:4:7; kjv@Psalms:45:15; kjv@Acts:2:46; kjv@Acts:11:23; kjv@Acts:14:17 (I) HAPPINESS
(1) General References to- kjv@Psalms:128:2; kjv@Psalms:144:15; kjv@Proverbs:3:18; kjv@Proverbs:14:21; kjv@Proverbs:16:20; kjv@Proverbs:28:14; kjv@Proverbs:29:18; kjv@John:13:17 Blessed Ones, BEATITUDES Obedience, OBEDIENCE
(2) Affliction of the Righteous leads to- kjv@Job:5:17; kjv@Psalms:94:12; kjv@James:5:11; kjv@1Peter:3:14; kjv@1Peter:4:14 Affliction
(2), AFFLICTIONS Chastisement, AFFLICTIONS Promises to the Afflicted, PROMISES, DIVINE (J) SHOUTING for joy- kjv@Leviticus:9:24; kjv@Joshua:6:20; kjv@2Samuel:6:15; kjv@1Chronicles:15:28; kjv@2Chronicles:13:15; kjv@2Chronicles:15:14 kjv@Ezra:3:11; kjv@Psalms:5:11; kjv@Psalms:47:1; kjv@Isaiah:12:6; kjv@Zephaniah:3:14; kjv@Zechariah:9:9 (K) JOY, EARTHLY
(1) General References to- kjv@Job:20:5; kjv@Proverbs:14:13; kjv@Ecclesiastes:2:10; kjv@Ecclesiastes:7:6; kjv@Isaiah:16:10; kjv@James:4:9
(2) Innocent Mirth- kjv@Nehemiah:8:12; kjv@Proverbs:17:22; kjv@Ecclesiastes:9:7; kjv@Jeremiah:30:19; kjv@Luke:15:24 Jesting, JESTING
(3) Manifested in Laughter- kjv@Proverbs:14:13; kjv@Ecclesiastes:2:2; kjv@Ecclesiastes:7:3,6; kjv@Luke:6:25; kjv@James:4:9 Jesting, JESTING
(4) Enjoyment Sought- kjv@Ecclesiastes:2:10; kjv@Ecclesiastes:3:13,22; kjv@Ecclesiastes:5:18; kjv@Ecclesiastes:9:9; kjv@Isaiah:9:3 Epicureans, SELF
- INDULGENCE (L) SORROW, general references to- kjv@Genesis:3:16; kjv@Proverbs:14:13; kjv@Proverbs:15:13; kjv@Isaiah:53:3; kjv@John:16:6 Affliction
(1), AFFLICTIONS Tribulation, AFFLICTIONS Weeping, WEEPING (M) LAMENTATIONS
(1) Examples of For Jacob- kjv@Genesis:50:10 For Jephthah's daughter- kjv@Judges:11:40 For King Saul- kjv@2Samuel:1:17 For Josiah- kjv@2Chronicles:35:25 For the Jews- kjv@Esther:4:1 For the slaughtered innocents- kjv@Matthew:2:18 For Christ- kjv@Luke:23:27 For Stephen- kjv@Acts:8:2
(2) For the Miseries of Israel- kjv@Jeremiah:4:8; kjv@Jeremiah:6:26; kjv@Jeremiah:7:29; kjv@Ezekiel:19:1; kjv@Joel:1:8; kjv@Amos:5:1; kjv@Micah:2:4 Solicitude
(3), EARNESTNESS (N) MOURNING
(1) General References to- kjv@Genesis:50:3; kjv@Numbers:20:29; kjv@Deuteronomy:34:8; kjv@2Samuel:1:12; kjv@2Samuel:3:31
(2) Examples of Grief- kjv@Genesis:23:2; kjv@Genesis:37:35; kjv@Genesis:42:38; kjv@Judges:21:2; kjv@Ruth:1:20; kjv@2Samuel:18:33; kjv@Job:1:20 kjv@Jeremiah:31:15; kjv@John:11:33; kjv@John:20:11; kjv@Acts:9:39
(3) Hired Mourners- kjv@2Chronicles:35:25; kjv@Ecclesiastes:12:5; kjv@Jeremiah:9:17; kjv@Amos:5:16; kjv@Matthew:9:23
(4) Sackcloth, a coarse, or cloth, worn as a symbol of grief or penitence- kjv@Genesis:37:34; kjv@2Samuel:3:31; kjv@2Kings:6:30; kjv@2Kings:19:1; kjv@1Chronicles:21:16; kjv@Esther:4:1; kjv@Job:16:15 kjv@Isaiah:15:3; kjv@Daniel:9:3; kjv@Jonah:3:8; kjv@Matthew:11:21; kjv@Revelation:11:3 Repentance
(3), PENITENCE
(5) Clothes Rent, in grief or anger- kjv@Genesis:37:29,34; kjv@Genesis:44:13; kjv@Numbers:14:6; kjv@Joshua:7:6; kjv@Judges:11:35; kjv@2Samuel:13:19 kjv@1Kings:21:27; kjv@2Kings:2:12; kjv@2Kings:5:8; kjv@2Kings:18:37; kjv@2Chronicles:34:19; kjv@Ezra:9:5; kjv@Esther:4:1 kjv@Job:1:20; kjv@Jeremiah:41:5; kjv@Matthew:26:65; kjv@Acts:14:14 (O) TROUBLE, common to all men- kjv@Job:5:7; kjv@Job:14:1,22; kjv@Psalms:71:20; kjv@Psalms:116:3; kjv@Ecclesiastes:2:23; kjv@Jeremiah:8:15 Affliction, AFFLICTIONS Chastisement, AFFLICTIONS
Trouble, borrowing. SEE Needless Fear, UNREST
JUBILEE, YEAR OF @ called year of liberty- kjv@Leviticus:25:10,28; kjv@Leviticus:27:17; kjv@Numbers:36:4; kjv@Ezekiel:46:17 Liberty
(1), LIBERTY
JUDAEA OR JUDAH @ the southern division of Palestine- kjv@Matthew:4:25; kjv@Matthew:19:1; kjv@Luke:1:5,39; kjv@Luke:5:17; kjv@John:4:47
JUDAH @
(1) Son of Jacob- kjv@Genesis:29:35; kjv@Genesis:35:23; kjv@Genesis:37:26; kjv@Genesis:38:1; kjv@Genesis:43:3; kjv@Genesis:44:14; kjv@Genesis:46:12,28; kjv@Genesis:49:8 kjv@Numbers:26:19
(2) Tribe of- kjv@Deuteronomy:33:7; kjv@Judges:1:3; kjv@2Samuel:2:10; kjv@2Samuel:19:11; kjv@1Kings:12:21; kjv@Hebrews:7:14; kjv@Revelation:5:5
Captivity of. SEE Captivity of Israel and Judah, ISRAEL
- THE JEWS & ISRAEL
- THE JEWS
Kings of. SEE Kings of Israel and Judah, ISRAEL
- THE JEWS & ISRAEL
- THE JEWS
JUDAISM @
(1) Superseded by Christianity- kjv@Mark:2:21; kjv@Galatians:5:6; kjv@Colossians:2:16; kjv@Hebrews:7:18; kjv@Hebrews:8:13 Ceremonial Law Abolished, BIBLE, THE; THE WORD OF GOD
(2) The Doctrines of, Sought to be Introduced into the Christian Church by certain men- kjv@Acts:15:1,24; kjv@Galatians:2:4; kjv@Galatians:6:12
JUDAS @ (a) Iscariot, the betrayer of Jesus
(1) General References to- kjv@Matthew:10:4; kjv@Matthew:26:14; kjv@John:6:70; kjv@John:12:4; kjv@John:13:26,30; kjv@Mark:14:43; kjv@Matthew:27:3 kjv@Acts:1:16; kjv@Psalms:109:8; kjv@Zechariah:11:12
(2) Characteristics of
- Avariciousness- kjv@Matthew:26:14,15
- Hypocrisy- kjv@John:12:5,6
- Treachery- kjv@Mark:14:10; kjv@Luke:22:47,48
- Dishonesty- kjv@John:12:6
- Remorse- kjv@Matthew:27:3,4; kjv@Acts:1:18 (b) One of the Brethren of Christ (?)- kjv@Matthew:13:55; kjv@Mark:6:3 (c) Jude, or Lebbaeus, surnamed Thaddaeus, brother of the Apostle James- kjv@Matthew:10:3; kjv@Mark:3:18; kjv@Luke:6:16; kjv@John:14:22; kjv@Acts:1:13 (d) Of Galilee- kjv@Acts:5:37 (e) A Disciple- kjv@Acts:9:11 (f) Barsabas- kjv@Acts:15:22
JUDE @ author of the epistle (possibly the same as Judas (c)) Jude:1
JUDGMENT SEAT, ROMAN @ kjv@Matthew:27:19; kjv@Acts:18:12; kjv@Acts:25:10
JUDGMENTS, GOD'S @ (A) GENERAL REFERENCES TO- kjv@Exodus:6:6; kjv@Exodus:12:12; kjv@Psalms:9:16; kjv@Psalms:36:6; kjv@Ezekiel:25:11; kjv@Ezekiel:30:14; kjv@Ezekiel:38:22; kjv@Ezekiel:39:21 kjv@Malachi:3:5 Punishment, PUNISHMENT & PUNISHMENT Retribution, PUNISHMENT & PUNISHMENT Divine Hand, HAND, DIVINE God's Arrows, ARROWS, GOD'S (B) EXAMPLES OF MEN SMITTEN- kjv@1Samuel:25:38; kjv@2Samuel:6:7; kjv@2Kings:6:18; kjv@2Kings:15:5; kjv@2Kings:19:35; kjv@1Chronicles:21:7; kjv@2Chronicles:26:20 kjv@Acts:12:23 (C) SPECIAL JUDGMENTS inflicted
(1) Bones Scattered- kjv@2Kings:23:14; kjv@Psalms:53:5; kjv@Jeremiah:8:1; kjv@Ezekiel:6:5
(2) Disease Sent- kjv@Exodus:9:10; kjv@Numbers:16:47; kjv@1Samuel:5:6; kjv@2Kings:5:27; kjv@2Kings:15:5; kjv@2Chronicles:13:20; kjv@2Chronicles:21:18 kjv@2Chronicles:26:19; kjv@Acts:12:23 (D) DROUGHT
(1) General References to.
See METEOROLOGY
(2) Examples of- kjv@1Kings:17:1; kjv@Jeremiah:14:4; kjv@Joel:1:19; kjv@Amos:4:7; kjv@Haggai:1:11; kjv@James:5:17 Dry Places, DRY PLACES Famine, (E) PESTILENCE
(1) Threatened- kjv@Leviticus:26:25; kjv@Numbers:14:12; kjv@Deuteronomy:28:21; kjv@Jeremiah:14:12; kjv@Jeremiah:21:6; kjv@Jeremiah:27:13 kjv@Ezekiel:5:12; kjv@Ezekiel:6:11; kjv@Ezekiel:7:15; kjv@Matthew:24:7; kjv@Luke:21:11
(2) Sent- kjv@2Samuel:24:15; kjv@Psalms:78:50; kjv@Amos:4:10 Sickness, DISEASE (F) PLAGUES
(1) General References to- kjv@Leviticus:26:21; kjv@Numbers:14:37; kjv@Numbers:16:46; kjv@Numbers:25:9; kjv@Deuteronomy:28:59
(2) Of Egypt- kjv@Exodus:7:20; kjv@Exodus:8:6,17,24; kjv@Exodus:9:6,10,23; kjv@Exodus:10:13,22; kjv@Exodus:12:29 also Famine,
JUSTICE
- INJUSTICE @ (A) JUSTICE
(1) Divine- kjv@Deuteronomy:32:4; kjv@Psalms:103:6; kjv@Proverbs:16:11; kjv@Isaiah:45:21; kjv@Zephaniah:3:5 kjv@John:5:30; kjv@Romans:2:2; kjv@Revelation:15:3 Divine Balances, BALANCES, DIVINE God's Righteousness, RIGHTEOUSNESS God a Judge, FUTURE, THE
(2) Enjoined- kjv@Deuteronomy:16:20; kjv@Psalms:82:3; kjv@Proverbs:21:3; kjv@Isaiah:56:1; kjv@Romans:13:7; kjv@Colossians:4:1 Rulers' Duty NATION, THE Poor, POVERTY
(3) Examples of Human- kjv@1Samuel:30:24; kjv@2Samuel:8:15; kjv@1Kings:1:52; kjv@1Kings:3:28; kjv@2Kings:14:6; kjv@Jeremiah:22:15 kjv@Acts:25:16 Integrity, BUSINESS LIFE & BUSINESS LIFE
- Courts of. SEE Courts, COURTS (B) EQUITY, DIVINE- kjv@Psalms:98:9; kjv@Psalms:99:4; kjv@Isaiah:11:4 Judgment According to Works, FUTURE, THE (C) IMPARTIALITY, divine
(1) In Favours Bestowed- kjv@Job:34:18,19; kjv@Matthew:5:45; kjv@Matthew:20:14; kjv@Acts:10:34,35; kjv@Acts:15:9 kjv@Romans:2:11; kjv@Romans:10:12; kjv@Galatians:2:6; kjv@Ephesians:6:9 Whosoever
(2), SERPENTS Salvation
(4), SALVATION "Comes", INVITATIONS God's Love, LOVE
(2) In Judgment- kjv@Deuteronomy:10:17; kjv@2Chronicles:19:7; kjv@Jeremiah:9:25; kjv@Romans:2:9; kjv@Colossians:3:25; kjv@1Peter:1:17 Last Judgment, FUTURE, THE (D) INJUSTICE
(1) Sometimes Attributed to God- kjv@Job:12:6; kjv@Job:21:7; kjv@Psalms:73:14; kjv@Ecclesiastes:7:15; kjv@Ecclesiastes:9:2; kjv@Jeremiah:12:1; kjv@Ezekiel:18:25 kjv@Habbakkuk:1:2; kjv@Matthew:20:12; kjv@Romans:9:14 Prosperity
(1), PROSPERITY Murmuring, DISCONTENT & DISCONTENT Complaints, DISCONTENT
(2) Condemned- kjv@Deuteronomy:16:19; kjv@Deuteronomy:24:17; kjv@Psalms:82:2; kjv@Proverbs:29:27; kjv@Proverbs:31:4,5; kjv@Ecclesiastes:3:16 kjv@Luke:16:10
(3) Examples of- kjv@Genesis:39:20; kjv@Genesis:40:15; kjv@1Samuel:8:3; kjv@1Kings:21:13; kjv@Isaiah:59:14; kjv@Matthew:27:26 kjv@Acts:23:2; kjv@Acts:24:27 Oppression
(2), CRUELTY Extortion, BUSINESS LIFE Masters
(4), BUSINESS LIFE (E) PARTIALITY
(1) Forbidden- kjv@Leviticus:19:15; kjv@Deuteronomy:1:17; kjv@Job:13:10; kjv@Proverbs:24:23; kjv@Malachi:2:9 kjv@1Timothy:5:21; kjv@James:2:4; kjv@Jude:1:16 Poor
(3), POVERTY
(2) Parental.
See HOME
JUSTIFICATION @
(1) By Faith- kjv@Genesis:15:6; kjv@Acts:13:39; kjv@Romans:3:28; kjv@Romans:5:1; kjv@Romans:5:18; kjv@Romans:9:30; kjv@1Corinthians:6:11 kjv@Galatians:3:24 Faith
(3), FAITH Salvation
(3), SALVATION Grace
(3), GRACE, DIVINE
(2) Of Self Impossible- kjv@Job:9:2; kjv@Job:25:4; kjv@Psalms:143:2; kjv@Jeremiah:2:22; kjv@Ezekiel:14:14; kjv@Romans:3:20; kjv@Galatians:5:4 Good Works, WORK AND WORKERS, RELIGIOUS Grace, GRACE, DIVINE Self-condemnation, SELF
- CONDEMNATION Who can Stand? SELF
- JUSTIFICATION -of Self Attempted. SEE Excuses, SELF
- JUSTIFICATION & SELF
- JUSTIFICATION
smith:
JAAKAN
- J>@ - (he shall surround), the same as Jakan, the forefather of Bene
- Jaakan. (10:6)
JAAKOBAH
- J>@ - (supplanter), one of the princes of the families of Simeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:36) (B.C. about 710.)
JAALA
- J>@ - (wild she-goat). Bene
- Jaala were among the descendants of "Solomon’s slaves" who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. kjv@Nehemiah:7:58) (B.C. before 536.) The name also occurs as Ja-alah.
JAALAH
- J>@ - (wild goat). kjv@Ezra:2:56)
JAALAM
- J>@ - (whom God hides), a son of Esau, kjv@Genesis:36:5 kjv@Genesis:36:14,18) comp. 1Chr 1:35 And a head of a tribe of Edom. (B.C. 1790.).
JAANAI
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah answers), a chief man in the tribe of Gad. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:12)
JAAREOREGIM
- J>@ - (forests of the weavers), (2 Samuel 21:19) a Bethlehemite, and the father of Elhanan who slew Goliath. In the parallel passage, ( kjv@1Chronicles:20:5) Jair is found instead of Jaare, and Oregim is omitted. (B.C. 1063.)
JAASAU
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah made), one of the Bene
- Bani who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:37) (B.C. 459.)
JAASIEL
- J>@ - (whom God comforts), son of the great Abner. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:21) (B.C. 1046-1014.)
JAAZANIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah hears). One of the captains of the forces who accompanied Hohanan ben
- Kareah to pay his respects to Gedaliah at Mizpah, ( kjv@2Kings:25:23) and who appears afterwards to have assisted in recovering Ishmael’s prey from his clutches. Comp. kjv@Jeremiah:41:11 kjv@Jeremiah:43:4-5) (B.C. 587.) Son of Shaphan. kjv@Ezekiel:8:11) It is possible that he is identical with Son of Azur; one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy. kjv@Ezekiel:11:1) (B.C. 593.) A Rechabite, son of Jeremiah. kjv@Jeremiah:35:3) (B.C. 606.)
JAAZER, OR JAZER
- J>@ - (Jehovah helps), a town on the east of Jordan, in or near to Gilead. kjv@Numbers:32:1-3; kjv@1Chronicles:26:31) We first hear of it in possession of the Amorites, and as taken by Israel after Heshbon, and on their way from thence to Bashan. kjv@Numbers:21:32) It seems to have given its name to a district of dependent or "daughter" towns, kjv@Numbers:21:32) Authorized Version "villages," 1 Macc. kjv@5:8, the "land of Jazer." kjv@Numbers:32:1)
JAAZIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah comforts), apparently a third son, or a descendant, or Merari the Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:26-27) (B.C. before 1014).
JAAZIEL
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah comforts), one of the Levites appointed by David to perform the musical service before the ark. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18) (B.C. 1014).
JABAL
- J>@ - (stream), the son of Lamech and Adah, kjv@Genesis:4:20) and brother of Jubal. He is described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
JABBOK
- J>@ - (emptying), a stream which intersects the mountain range of Gilead, comp. kjv@Joshua:12:2 kjv@Joshua:12:5) and falls into the Jordan on the east about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. It was anciently the border of the children of Ammon. kjv@Numbers:21:24 kjv@Numbers:2:37 kjv@Numbers:3:16 ) It was on the south bank of the Jabbok that the interview took place between Jacob and Esau, kjv@Genesis:32:22) and this river afterward became, toward its western part, the boundary between the kingdoms of Sihon and Og. kjv@Joshua:12:2 kjv@Joshua:12:5) Its modern name is Wady Zurka .
JABESH
- J>@ - (dry). Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. ( kjv@2Kings:15:10 kjv@2Kings:15:13-14) Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense Gilead included the half tribe of Manasseh, ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:21) as well as the tribes of Gad and Reuben, kjv@Numbers:32:1-42) east of the Jordan; and of the cities of Gilead, Jabesh was the chief. It is first mentioned in kjv@Judges:21:8-14) Being attacked subsequently by Nahash the Ammonite, it gave Saul an opportunity of displaying his prowess in its defence. ( kjv@1Samuel:11:1-15) Eusebius places it beyond the Jordan, six miles from Pella on the mountain road to Gerasa; where its name is probably preserved in the Wady Yabes.
JABEZ
- J>@ - (sorrow). Apparently a place at which the families of the scribes resided who belonged to the families of the Kenites. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:55) The name occurs again in the genealogies of Judah, ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:9-10) in a passage of remarkable detail inserted in a genealogy again connected with Bethlehem. ver. 4.
JABIN
- J>@ - (whom God observes). King of Hazor, who organized a confederacy of the northern princes against the Israelites. kjv@Joshua:11:1-3) Joshua surprised the allied forces by the waters of Merom, ver. 7, and utterly routed them. (B.C. 1448.) During the ensuing wars Joshua again attacked Jabin, and burnt his city. kjv@Joshua:11:1-14) A king of Hazor, whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak. kjv@Judges:4:2 kjv@Judges:4:13) (B.C. 1316.)
JABNEEL
- J>@ - (building of God). One of the points on the northern boundary of Judah, not quite at the sea, though near it. kjv@Joshua:15:11) There is no sign, however, of its ever having been occupied by Judah. Josephus attributes it to the Danites. There was a constant struggle going on between that tribe and the Philistines for the possession of all the places in the lowland plains, and it is not surprising that the next time we meet with Jabneel it should be in the hands of the latter. ( kjv@2Chronicles:26:6) Uzziah dispossessed them of it and demolished its fortifications. Called also JABNEH. At the time of the fall of Jerusalem, Jabneh was one of the most populous places of Judea. The modern village of Yebna , more accurately Ibna , stands about two miles from the sea, on a slight eminence just south of the Nahr Rubin . One of the landmarks on the boundary of Naphtali, kjv@Joshua:19:33) in upper Galilee.
JABNEH
- J>@ - (building of God), ( kjv@2Chronicles:26:6) JABNEEL
JACHAN
- J>@ - (affliction), one of seven chief men of the tribe of Gad. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:13)
JACHIN
- J>@ - (he shall establish). One of the two pillars which were set up "in the porch," (Kings:7:21) or before the temple. ( kjv@2Chronicles:3:17) of Solomon. BOAZ Fourth son of Simeon, kjv@Genesis:46:10; kjv@Exodus:6:15) founder of the family of the Jachinites. kjv@Numbers:26:12) Head of the twenty-first course of priests in the time of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:10 kjv@1Chronicles:24:17; kjv@Nehemiah:11:10)
JACINTH
- J>@ - a precious stone, forming one of the foundations of the walls of the new Jerusalem. kjv@Revelation:21:20) Called hyacinth in the Revised Version. This is simply a different English rendering of the same Greek original. It is probably identical with the lighure of kjv@Exodus:28:19) The Jacinth or hyacinth is a red variety of zircon, which is found in square prisms of a white, gray, red, reddish-brown, yellow or pale-green color. The expression in kjv@Revelation:9:17) "of jacinth," is descriptive simply of a dark-purple color.
JACOB
- J>@ - (supplanter), the second son of Isaac and Rebekah. He was born with Esau, probably at the well of Lahai-roi, about B.C. 1837. His history is related in the latter half of the book of Genesis. He bought the birthright from his brother Esau, and afterward acquired the blessing intended for Esau, by practicing a well-known deceit on Isaac. (Jacob did not obtain the blessing because of his deceit, but in spite of it. That which was promised he would have received in some good way; but Jacob and his mother, distrusting God’s promise, sought the promised blessing in a wrong way, and received with it trouble and sorrow.
ED.) Jacob, in his 78th year, was sent from the family home to avoid his brother, and to seek a wife among his kindred in Padan-aram. As he passed through Bethel, God appeared to him. After the lapse of twenty-one years he returned from Padan-aram with two wives, two concubines, eleven sons and a daughter, and large property. He escaped from the angry pursuit of Laban, from a meeting with Esau, and from the vengeance of the Canaanites provoked by the murder of Shechem; and in each of these three emergencies he was aided and strengthened by the interposition of God, and in sign of the grace won by a night of wrestling with God his name was changed at Jabbok into Israel. Deborah and Rachel died before he reached Hebron; Joseph, the favorite son of Jacob, was sold into Egypt eleven years before the death of Isaac; and Jacob had probably exceeded his 130th year when he went tither. He was presented to Pharaoh, and dwelt for seventeen years in Rameses and Goshen, and died in his 147th year. His body was embalmed, carried with great care and pomp into the land of Canaan, and deposited with his fathers, and his wife Leah, in the cave of Machpelah. The example of Jacob is quoted by the first and the last of the minor prophets. Besides the frequent mention of his name in conjunction with the names of the other two patriarchs, there are distinct references to the events in the life of Jacob in four books of the New Testament - kjv@John:1:51 kjv@John:4:5 kjv@John:4:12; kjv@Acts:7:12 kjv@Acts:7:16 kjv@Romans:9:11-13; kjv@Hebrews:11:21 kjv@Hebrews:12:16)
JACOBS WELL
- J>@ - a deep spring in the vicinity of Shechem (called Sychar in Christ’s time and Nablus at the present day). It was probably dug by Jacob whose name it bears. On the curb of the well Jesus sat and discoursed with the Samaritan woman. kjv@John:4:5-26) It is situated about half a mile southeast of Nablus, at the foot of Mount Gerizim. It is about nine feet in diameter and 75 feet deep. At some seasons it is dry; at others it contains a few feet of water.
JADA
- J>@ - (wise), son of Onam and brother of Shammai, in the genealogy of the sons of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:28 kjv@1Chronicles:2:32) (B.C. after 1445.)
JADAU
- J>@ - (loving), one of the Bene
- Nebo who had taken a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:43) (B.C. 459.)
JADDUA
- J>@ - (known). Son and successor in the high priesthood of Jonathan or Johanan. He is the last of the high priests mentioned in the Old Testament, and probably altogether the latest name in the canon. kjv@Nehemiah:12:11-22) (B.C. 406-332.) One of the chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:21) (B.C. 410.)
JADON
- J>@ - (judge), the Meronothite, who assisted to repair the wall of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:7) (B.C. 446.)
JAEL
- J>@ - (mountain goat), the wife of Heber the Kenite. (B.C. 1316.) In the headlong rout which followed the defeat of the Canaanites by Barak, at Megiddo on the plain of Esdraelon, Sisera, their general, fled to the tent of the Kenite chieftainess, at Kedesh in Naphtali, four miles northwest of Lake Merom. He accepted Jael’s invitation to enter, and she flung a mantle over him as he lay wearily on the floor. When thirst prevented sleep, and he asked for water, she brought him buttermilk in her choicest vessel. At last, with a feeling of perfect security, he feel into a deep sleep. Then it was that Jael took one of the great wooden pins which fastened down the cords of the tent, and with one terrible blow with a mallet dashed it through Sisera’s temples deep into the earth. kjv@Judges:5:27) She then waited to meet the pursuing Barak, and led him into her tent that she might in his presence claim the glory of the deed! Many have supposed that by this act she fulfilled the saying of Deborah, kjv@Judges:4:9) and hence they have supposed that Jael was actuated by some divine and hidden influence. But the Bible gives no hint of such an inspiration.
JAGUR
- J>@ - (lodging),a town of Judah, one of those farthest to the south, on the frontier of Edom. kjv@Joshua:15:21)
JAH
- J>@ - (Jehovah), the abbreviated form of Jehovah, used only in poetry. It occurs frequently in the Hebrew, but with a single exception, kjv@Psalms:68:4) is rendered "Lord" in the Authorized Version. The identity of Jah and Jehovah is strongly marked in two passages of Isaiah
kjv@Isaiah:12:2 kjv@Isaiah:26:4) JEHOVAH.
JAHATH
- J>@ - (union). Son of Libni, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:20) (B.C. after 1706.) Head of a later house in the family of Gershom, being the eldest son of Shimei, the son of Laadan. ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:10-11) A man in the genealogy of Judah, ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:2) son of Reaiah ben
- Shobal. A Levite, son of Shelomoth. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:22) A Merarite Levite in the reign of Josiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:34:12) (B.C. 623.)
JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH
- J>@ - (trodden down). Under these four forms is given in the Authorized Version the name of a place which in the Hebrew appears as Yahats and Yahtsah . At Jahaz the decisive battle was fought between the children of Israel and Sihon king of the Amorites. kjv@Numbers:21:23 kjv@Numbers:2:32; kjv@Judges:11:20) It was in the allotment of Reuben. kjv@Joshua:13:18) Like many others relating to the places east of the Dead Sea, the question of its site must await further research.
JAHAZA
- J>@ - (trodden down). kjv@Joshua:13:18) JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH
JAHAZAH
- J>@ - (trodden down). kjv@Joshua:21:36; kjv@Jeremiah:48:21) JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH
JAHNZIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah watches over), son of Tikvah, apparently a priest. kjv@Ezra:10:15)
JAHAZIEL
- J>@ - (whom God watches over) One of the heroes of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:4) (B.C. 1055.) A priest in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:16:6) A Kohathite Levite, third son of Hebron. ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:19 kjv@1Chronicles:24:23) Son of Zechariah, a Levite of the Bene
- Asaph in the reign of Jehoshaphat. ( kjv@2Chronicles:20:14) (B.C. 896.) The "son of Jahaziel" was the chief of the Bene
- Shecaniah who returned from Babylon with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:8:5) (B.C. before 459.)
JAHDAI
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah directs), a man who appears to be thrust abruptly into the genealogy of Caleb, as the father of six sons. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:47)
JAHDIEL
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah makes joyful), a chieftain of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:24) (B.C. 320.)
JAHDO
- J>@ - (united), a Gadite, ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:14) son of Buz and father of Jeshishai.
JAHLEEL
- J>@ - (hoping in Jehovah), the third of the three sons of Zebulun, kjv@Genesis:46:14; kjv@Numbers:26:26) founder of the family of Jahleelites. (B.C. 1706.)
JAHMAI
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah guards), a man of Issachar, one of the heads of the house of Tolah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:2) (B.C. 1491)
JAHZAH
- J>@ - (trodden down). ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:78) JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH
JAHZEEL
- J>@ - (whom God allots), the first of the four sons of Naphtali, kjv@Genesis:46:24) founder of the family of the Jahzeelites. kjv@Numbers:26:48) (B.C. 1306.)
JAHZERAH
- J>@ - (whom God leads back), a priest of the house of Immer. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:12)
JAHZIEL
- J>@ - (whom God allots), the same as JAHZEEL. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:13)
JAIR
- J>@ - (enlightener). A man who on his father’s side was descended from Judah, and on his mother’s from Manasseh. (B.C. 1451.) During, the conquest he took the whole of the tract of Argob (3:14) and in addition possessed himself of some nomad villages in Gilead, which he called after his own name Havoth
- Jair. kjv@Numbers:32:41; kjv@1Chronicles:2:23) JAIR THE GILEADITE, who judged Israel for two-and-twenty years. kjv@Judges:10:3-5) (B.C. 1160.) He had thirty sons, and possessed thirty cities in the land of Gilead, which like those of their namesakes were called Havoth-jair. A Benjamite, son of Kish and father of Mordecai. kjv@Esther:2:5) (B.C. before 598.) The father of Elhanan, one of the heroes of David’s army. ( kjv@1Chronicles:20:6)
JAIRITE
- J>@ - (descendant of Jair). The IRA THE JAIRITE was a priest (Authorized Version "chief ruler") to David (2 Samuel 20:26)
JAIRUS
- J>@ - (whom God enlightens). A ruler of a synagogue, probably in some town near the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. kjv@Matthew:9:18; kjv@Mark:5:22; kjv@Luke:8:41) (A.D. 28.) kjv@Esther:11:2) JAIR, 3
JAKAN
- J>@ - (sagacious), son of Ezer the Horite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:42) The same as JAAKANJAAKAN. And see AKAN
JAKEH
- J>@ - (pious). PROVERBS, BOOK OF, BOOK OF
JAKIM
- J>@ - (whom God sets up). Head of the twelfth course of priests in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:12) (B.C. 1014.) A Benjamite, one of the Bene
- Shimhi. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:19) (B.C. 588.)
JALON
- J>@ - (abiding), one of the sons of Ezra. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:17)
JAMBRES
- J>@ - JANNES AND JAMBRES
JAMES
- J>@ - (the Greek form of Jacob, supplanter). James the son of Zebedee, one of the twelve apostles. He was elder brother of the evangelist John. His mother’s name was Salome. We first hear of him in A.D. 27, kjv@Mark:1:20) when at the call of the Master he left all, and became, one and forever, his disciple, in the spring of 28. kjv@Matthew:10:2; kjv@Mark:3:14; kjv@Luke:6:13; kjv@Acts:1:13) It would seem to have been at the time of the appointment of the twelve apostles that the name of Boanerges was given to the sons of Zebedee. The "sons of thunder" had a burning and impetuous spirit, which twice exhibits itself. kjv@Mark:10:37; kjv@Luke:9:54) On the night before the crucifixion James was present at the agony in the garden. On the day of the ascension he is mentioned as persevering with the rest of the apostles and disciples, in prayer. kjv@Acts:1:13) Shortly before the day of the Passover, in the year 44, he was put to death by Herod Agrippa I. kjv@Acts:12:1-2) James the son of Alpheus, one of the twelve apostles. kjv@Matthew:10:3) Whether or not this James is to be identified with James the Less, the son of Alphaeus, the brother of our Lord, is one of the most difficult questions in the gospel history. By comparing kjv@Matthew:27:56) and kjv@Mark:15:40 with kjv@John:19:25 We find that the Virgin Mary had a sister named, like herself, Mary, who was the wife of Clopas or Alpheus (varieties of the same name), and who had two sons, James the Less and Joses. By referring to kjv@Matthew:13:55) and kjv@Mark:6:3 We find that a James the Less and Joses, with two other brethren called Jude and Simon, and at least three sisters, were sisters with the Virgin Mary at Nazareth by referring to kjv@Luke:6:16) and kjv@Acts:1:13 We find that there were two brethren named James and Jude among the apostles. It would certainly be natural to think that we had here but one family of four brothers and three or more sisters, the children of Clopas and Mary, nephews and nieces of the Virgin Mary. There are difficulties however, in the way of this conclusion into which we cannot here enter; but in reply to the objection that the four brethren in kjv@Matthew:13:55) are described as the brothers of Jesus, not as his cousins, it must be recollected that adelphoi, which is here translated "brethren," may also signify cousins.
JAMES THE LESS
- J>@ - called the Less because younger or smaller in stature than James the son of Zebedee. He was the son of Alpheus or Clopas and brother of our Lord (see above); was called to the apostolate, together with his younger brother Jude, in the spring of the year 28. At some time in the forty days that intervened between the resurrection and the ascension the Lord appeared to him. ( kjv@1Corinthians:15:7) Ten years after we find James on a level with Peter, and with him deciding on the admission of St. Paul into fellowship with the Church at Jerusalem; and from henceforth we always find him equal, or in his own department superior, to the very chiefest apostles, Peter, John and Paul. kjv@Acts:9:27; kjv@Galatians:1:18-19) This pre-eminence is evident throughout the after history of the apostles, whether we read it in the Acts, in the epistles or in ecclesiastical writers. kjv@Acts:12:17 kjv@Acts:15:13 kjv@Acts:15:19 kjv@Acts:21:18 ; kjv@Galatians:2:9) According to tradition, James was thrown down from the temple by the scribes and Pharisees; he was then stoned, and his brains dashed out with a fuller’s club.
JAMES, THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF
- J>@ - The author of this epistle was in all probability James the son of Alphaeus, and our Lord’s brother It was written from Jerusalem, which St. James does not seem to have ever left. It was probably written about A.D. 62, during the interval between Paul’s two imprisonments. Its main object is not to teach doctrine, but to improve morality. St. James is the moral teacher of the New Testament. He wrote for the Jewish Christians, whether in Jerusalem or abroad, to warn them against the sins to which as Jews they were most liable, and to console and exhort them under the sufferings to which as Christians they were most exposed.
JAMIN
- J>@ - (right hand). Second son of Simeon, kjv@Genesis:46:10; Exod kjv@6:15; 1Chr 4:24 Founder of the family of the Jaminites. kjv@Numbers:26:12) (B.C. 1706.) A man of Judah, second son of Ram the Jerahmeelite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:27) One of the Levites who expounded the law to the people. kjv@Nehemiah:8:7) (B.C. 410.)
JAMLECH
- J>@ - (whom God makes king), one of the chief men of the tribe of Simeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:34)
JAMNIN
- J>@ - JABNEEL
JANNA
- J>@ - (flourishing), son of Joseph, and father of Melchi, in the genealogy of Christ. kjv@Luke:3:24) In the Revised Version written JANNAI.
JANNES
- J>@ - and Jam’bres , the names of two Egyptian magicians who opposed Moses. Exod kjv@7:9-13; 2Timothy:3:8-9. (B.C. 1492.)
JANOAH
- J>@ - (rest), a place apparently in the north of Galilee, or the "land of Naphtali,"
one of those taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine. ( kjv@2Kings:15:29) No trace of it appears elsewhere.
JANOHAH
- J>@ - (rest), a place on the boundary of Ephraim kjv@Joshua:16:6-7) east of Neapolis. A little less than twelve miles from Nablus and about southeast in direction, two miles from Akrabeh is the village of Yanun , doubtless identical with the ancient Janohah.
JANUM
- J>@ - (slumber), a town of Judah in the mountain district, apparently not far from Hebron. kjv@Joshua:15:53)
JAPHETH
- J>@ - (enlargement), one of the three sons of Noah. The descendants of Japheth occupied the "isles of the Gentiles," kjv@Genesis:10:5)
i.e. the coast lands of the Mediterranean Sea in Europe and Asia Minor
whence they spread northward over the whole continent of Europe and a considerable portion of Asia.
JAPHIA
- J>@ - (splended) The boundary of Zebulun ascended from Daberath to Japhia, and thence passed to Gath-hepher. kjv@Joshua:19:12) Yafa , two miles south of Nazareth. ,is not unlikely to be identical with Japhin.
JAPHIA
- J>@ - (splendid). King of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites. kjv@Joshua:10:3) (B.C. 1450.) One of the sons of David born to him in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel kjv@5:15; 1Chronicles:3:7 kjv@1Chronicles:14:6) (B.C. 1046.)
JAPHLET
- J>@ - (whom God delivers) a descendant of Asher through Beriah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:32-33)
JAPHLELI
- J>@ - (the Japhletite). The boundary of the "Japhletite" is one of the landmarks on the south boundary line of Ephraim. kjv@Joshua:16:3)
JAPHO
- J>@ - (beauty). kjv@John:19:46) The Hebrew form for the better-known JOPPA, OR JAPHO. ( kjv@2Chronicles:2:16; kjv@Ezra:3:7; kjv@Jonah:1:3) In its modern garb it is Yafa .
JARAH
- J>@ - (honey), a descendant of Saul; son of Micah and great-grandson of Mephibosheth. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:42) comp. 1Chr 9:40
JAREB
- J>@ - (adversary) is to be explained either as the proper name of a country or person, as a noun in apposition, or as a verb from a root, rub , "to contend plead." All these senses are represented in the Authorized Version and the marginal readings, kjv@Hosea:5:13 kjv@Hosea:10:6) and the east preferable has been inserted in the text. Jareb is most probably the name of some city of Assyria or another name of the country itself.
JARED
- J>@ - (descent), one of the antediluvian patriarchs, and further of Enoch kjv@Genesis:5:15-16-18-20; kjv@Luke:3:37) In the lists of Chronicles the name is given in the Authorized Version JERED.
JARESIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah nourishes),a Benjamite, one of the Bene
- Jehoram. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:17)
JARHA
- J>@ - the Egyptian servant of Sheshan, about the time of Eli, to whom his master gave his daughter and heir in marriage; ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:34-35) (B.C. before 1491.)
JARIB
- J>@ - (adversary). Named in the list of ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:24) only, as a son of Simeon. Perhaps the same as JACHIN. kjv@Genesis:46; Exod 6; Numb 26. One of the "chief men" who accompanied Ezra on his journey from Babylon to Jerusalem. kjv@Ezra:8:16) (B.C. 469.) A priest of the house of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, who had married a foreign wife, and was compelled by Ezra to put her away. kjv@Ezra:10:18) (B.C. 459.) 1 Macc. 14:29. A contraction or corruption of the name JOARIB. ch. kjv@2:1.
JARIMOTH
- J>@ - (heights). 1 Esd. kjv@9:28. JEREMOTH
JARMUTH
- J>@ - (high). A town in the low country of Judah. kjv@Joshua:16:35) Its king, Piram, was one of the five who conspired. to punish Gibeon for having made alliance with Israel, kjv@Joshua:10:3-5) and who were routed at Beth-horon and put to death by Joshua at Makkedah. ver. 33. Its site is probably the modern Yarmuk . A city of Issachar allotted with its suburbs to the Gershonite Levites. kjv@Joshua:21:29)
JAROAH
- J>@ - (moon), a chief man of the tribe of Gad ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:14)
JASHEN
- J>@ - (sleeping). Bene
- Jashen
"sons of Jashen"
are named in the catalogue of the heroes of David’s guard in (2 Samuel 23:32) (B.C. 1046.)
JASHER
- J>@ - (upright),Book of ("the book of the upright"), alluded to in two passages only of the Old Testament. kjv@Joshua:10:13) and 2Sam 1:18 It was probably written in verse; and it has been conjectured that it was a collection of ancient records of honored men or noble deeds. It is wholly lost.
JASHOBEAM
- J>@ - (to whom the people turn), named first among the chief of the mighty men of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:11) (B.C. 1046.) He came to David at Ziklag. His distinguishing exploit was that he slew 300 (or 800,) (2 Samuel 23:8) men at one time.
JASHUB
- J>@ - (he turns). The third son of Issachar, and founder of the family of the Jashubites. Numbers:26;24; kjv@1Chronicles:7:1) (B.C. 1706.) One of the sons of Bani, who had to put away his foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:29) (B.C. 459.)
JASHUBILEHEM
- J>@ - (turner back for food), a person or a place named among the descendants of Shelah, the son of Judah by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:22)
JASIEL
- J>@ - (whom God made), the last named on the list of David’s heroes in ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:47)
JASON
- J>@ - (one who will heal), called the Thessalonian, entertained Paul and Silas, and was in consequence attacked by the Jewish mob. kjv@Acts:17:5-6-7-9) (A.D. 48.) He is probably the same as the Jason mentioned in kjv@Romans:16:21) It is conjectured that Jason and Secundus, kjv@Acts:20:4) were the same.
JASPER
- J>@ - a precious stone frequently noticed in Scripture. It was the last of the twelve inserted in the high priest’s breastplate, kjv@Exodus:28:20 kjv@Exodus:39:13) and the first of the twelve used in the foundations of the new Jerusalem. kjv@Revelation:21:19) The characteristics of the stone as far as they are specified in Scripture, kjv@Revelation:21:11) are that it "was most precious," and "like crystal;" we may also infer from kjv@Revelation:4:3) that it was a stone of brilliant and transparent light. The stone which we name "jasper" does not accord with this description. There can be no doubt that the diamond would more adequately answer to the description in the book of Revelation.
JATHNIEL
- J>@ - (whom God gives), a Korhite Levite, the fourth of the family of Meshelemiah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:2) (B.C. 1014.)
JATTIR
- J>@ - (pre-eminent), a town of Judah in the mountain districts, kjv@Joshua:15:48) one of the group containing Socho, Eshtemoa, etc.
See also kjv@Joshua:21:14; kjv@1Samuel:30:27; kjv@1Chronicles:6:57) By Robinson it is identified with ’Attir , six miles north of Molada and ten miles south of Hebron.
JAVAN
- J>@ - (clay). A son of Japheth. kjv@Genesis:10:2-4) Javan was regarded as the representative of the Greek race. The name was probably introduced into Asia by the Phoenicians, to whom the Ionians were naturally better known than any other of the Hellenic races, on account of their commercial activity and the high prosperity of their towns on the western coast of Asia Minor. A town in the souther part of Arabia (Yemen), whither the Phoenicians traded. kjv@Ezekiel:27:19)
JAVELIN
- J>@ - ARMS, ARMOR
JAZER
- J>@ - (Jehovah helps). JAAZER, OR JAZER
JAZIZ
- J>@ - (whom God moves), a Hagarite who had charge of the flocks of King David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:31) (B.C. 1046.)
JEARIM
- J>@ - (forests), Mount, a place named in specifying the northern boundary of Judah. kjv@Joshua:15:10) The boundary ran from Mount Seir to "the shoulder of Mount Jearim, which is Cesalon"
that is, Cesalon was the landmark on the mountain. Kesla , seven miles due west of Jerusalem, stands on a high point on the north slope of a lofty ridge, which is probably Mount Jearim.
JEATERAI
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah leads), a Gershonite Levite, son of Zerah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:21)
JEBERECHIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah blesses), father of a certain Zechariah, in the reign of Ahaz, mentioned kjv@Isaiah:8:2) (B.C. about 739.)
JEBUS
- J>@ - (threshing-floor), one of the names of Jerusalem, the city of the Jebusites, are called JEBUSI. kjv@Joshua:15:8 kjv@Joshua:18:16 kjv@Joshua:18:28; kjv@Judges:19:10-11; kjv@1Chronicles:11:4-5) JERUSALEM
JEBUSI
- J>@ - (from Jebus), the name employed for the city of JEBUS. kjv@Joshua:15:8 kjv@Joshua:18:16 kjv@Joshua:18:28)
JEBUSITES
- J>@ - (descendants of Jebus), The, were descended from the third son of Canaan. kjv@Genesis:10:16; kjv@1Chronicles:1:14) The actual people first appear in the invaluable report of the spies. kjv@Numbers:13:29) When Jabin organized his rising against Joshua, the Jebusites joined him. kjv@Joshua:11:3) "Jebus, which is Jerusalem," lost its king in the slaughter of Beth-horon, kjv@Joshua:10:1 kjv@Joshua:10:5,26) comp. kjv@Joshua:12:10 Was sacked and burned by the men of Judah, kjv@Judges:1:21) and its citadel finally scaled and occupied by David. (2 Samuel kjv@5:6) After this they emerge from the darkness but once, in the person of Araunah the Jebusite, "Araunah the king," who appears before us in true kingly dignity in his well-known transaction with David. (2 Samuel 24:23; kjv@1Chronicles:21:24-25)
JECAMIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah gathers), one of seven who were introduced into the royal line, on the failure of it in the person of Jehoiachin. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:18)
JECHOLIAH
- J>@ - (strong through Jehovah) wife of Amaziah king of Judah, and mother of Azariah or Uzziah his successor. ( kjv@2Kings:15:2) (B.C. 824-807.)
JECONIAS
- J>@ - the Greek form of Jeconiah, an altered form of Jehoiachin. JEHOIACHIN
JECOLIAH
- J>@ - The same as JECHOLIAH. ( kjv@2Chronicles:26:3)
JECONIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah establishes).
See JEHOIACHIN
JEDAIAH
- J>@ - (praise Jehovah). Head of the second course of priests, as they were divided in the time of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:7) (B.C. 1014.) some of them survived to return to Jerusalem after the Babylonish captivity, as appears from kjv@Ezra:2:36; kjv@Nehemiah:7:39) A priest in the time of Jeshua the high priest. kjv@Zechariah:6:10 kjv@Zechariah:6:14) (B.C. 536.)
JEDAIAH
- J>@ - A Simeonite, forefather of Ziza. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:37) Son of Harumaph; a man who did his part in the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:10) (B.C. 446.)
JEDIAEL
- J>@ - (known of God). A chief patriarch of the tribe of Benjamin. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:6 kjv@1Chronicles:7:11) It is usually assumed that Jediael is the same as Ashbel, kjv@Genesis:46:21; kjv@Numbers:26:38; kjv@1Chronicles:8:1) but this is not certain. Second son of Meshelemiah, a Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:1-2) Son of Shimri; one of the heroes of David’s guard. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:45) (B.C. 1046.) One of the chiefs of the thousands of Manasseh who joined David on his march to Ziklag. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:20) comp. kjv@1Samuel:30:9-10 (B.C. 1053.)
JEDIDAH
- J>@ - (one beloved), queen of Amon and mother of the good king Josiah. ( kjv@2Kings:22:1) (B.C. 648.)
JEDIDIAH
- J>@ - (beloved of Jehovah), Jedid-jah (darling of Jehovah), the name bestowed, through Nathan the prophet, on David’s son Solomon. (2 Samuel 12:25)
JEDUTHUN
- J>@ - (praising), a Levite of the family of Merari, is probably the same as Ethan. Comp. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:17-19) with 1Chr 16:41-42; 25:1-3,6; kjv@2Chronicals:35:15 His office was generally to preside over the music of the temple service, Jeduthun’s name stands at the head of the 39th, 62d and 77th Psalms, indicating probably that they were to be sung by his choir. (B.C. 1014.)
JEEZER
- J>@ - (father of help), kjv@Numbers:26:30) the name of a descendant of Manasseh and founder of the family of the Jeezerites. In parallel lists the name is given as ABI
- EZER.
JEGARSAHADUTHA
- J>@ - (heap of testimony), the Aramaean name given by Laban the Syrian to the heap of stones which he erected as a memorial of the compact between Jacob and himself. kjv@Genesis:31:47) Galeed, a "witness heap," which is given as the Hebrew equivalent, does not exactly represent Jegar-sahadutha.
JEHALELEEL
- J>@ - (who praises God). Four men of the Bene
- Jehaleleel are introduced abruptly into the genealogies of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:16)
JEHALELEL
- J>@ - (who praises God), a Merarite Levite, father of Azariah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:29:12)
JEHDEIAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah makes glad). The representative of the Bene
- Shubael, in the time of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:20) A Meronothite who had charge of the she-asses of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:30) (B.C. 1046.)
JEHEZEKEL
- J>@ - (whom God makes strong), a priest to whom was given by David the charge of the twentieth of the twenty-four courses in the service of the house of Jehovah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:16) (B.C. 1014.)
JEHIAH
- J>@ - (Jehovah lives), "doorkeeper for the ark" at the time of its establishment in Jerusalem. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:24) (B.C. 1043.)
JEHIEL
- J>@ - (God lives). One of the Levites appointed by David to assist in the service of the house of God. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18-20 kjv@1Chronicles:16:5) One of the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, put to death by his brother Jehoram. ( kjv@2Chronicles:21:2-4) (B.C. 887.) One of the rulers of the house of God at the time of the reforms of Josiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:35:8) (B.C. 623.) A Gershonite Levite, ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:8) who had charge of the treasures. ch. ( kjv@1Chronicles:28:8) A son of Hachmoni named in the list of David’s officers, ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:32) as "with the king’s sons," whatever that may mean. A Levite who took part in the restorations of King Hezekiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:29:14) (B.C. 726.) Another Levite at the same period. ( kjv@2Chronicles:31:13) Father of Obadiah, of the Bene
- Joab. kjv@Ezra:8:9) (B.C. before 459.) One of the Bene
- Elam, father of Shechaniah. kjv@Ezra:10:2) A member of the same family, who himself had to part with his wife. kjv@Ezra:10:26) A priest, one of the Bene
- Harim, who also had to put away his foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:21) (B.C. 459.)
JEHIEL
- J>@ - (treasured of God), a perfectly distinct name from the last. A man described as father of Gibeon; a fore-father of King Saul. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:35) One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite; a member of David’s guard. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:44) (B.C. 1046.)
JEHIELI
- J>@ - (a Jehielite), according to the Authorized Version a Gershonite Levite of the family of Laadan. ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:21-22)
JEHIZKIAH
- J>@ - (Jehovah strengthens), son of Shallum, one of the heads of the tribe of Ephraim in the time of Ahaz. ( kjv@2Chronicles:28:12) comp. kjv@2Chronicals:28:8 kjv@2Chronicals:28:13-15 (B.C. 738.)
JEHOADAH
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah adorns), one of the descendants of Saul. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:36)
JEHOADDAN
- J>@ - (Whom Jehovah adorns), queen to King Josiah, and mother of Amaziah of Judah. ( kjv@2Kings:14:2; kjv@2Chronicles:25:1) (B.C. 862-837.)
JEHOAHAZ
- J>@ - (whom the Lord sustains). The son and successor of jehu, reigned 17 years, B.C. 856-840, over Israel in Samaria. His inglorious history is given in ( kjv@2Kings:13:1-9) Throughout his reign, ver. ( kjv@2Kings:13:22) he was kept in subjection by Hazael king of Damascus. Jehoahaz maintained the idolatry of Jeroboam; but in the extremity of his humiliation he besought Jehovah, and Jehovah gave Israel a deliverer
probably either Jehoash, vs. ( kjv@2Kings:13:23) and 2Kin 13:25 Or Jeroboam II., ( kjv@2Kings:14:24-25) Jehoahaz, otherwise called Shallum, son of Josiah, whom he succeeded as king of Judah. He was chosen by the people in preference to his elder (comp. ( kjv@2Kings:23:31) and 2Kin 23:36) brother, B.C. 610, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Pharaoh-necho sent to Jerusalem to depose him and to fetch him to Riblah. There he was cast into chains, and from thence he was taken into Egypt, where he died. The name given, ( kjv@2Chronicles:21:17) to Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram king of Judah.
JEHOASH
- J>@ - (given by the Lord), the uncontracted form of Joash. The eighth king of Judah; son of Ahaziah. ( kjv@2Kings:11:21 kjv@2Kings:12:1-2-4-6-7 kjv@2Kings:12:18 kjv@2Kings:14:13 ) JOASH, 1 The twelfth king of Israel; son of Jehoahaz. ( kjv@2Kings:13:10 kjv@2Kings:13:25 kjv@2Kings:14:8-9-11-13-15-16-17) JOASH, 2
JEHOHANAN
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah gave), a name of which John is the contraction. A Korhite Levite, one of the doorkeepers to the tabernacle. ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:3) comp. 1Chr 25:1 (B.C. 1014.) One of the principal men of Judah under King Jehoshaphat. ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:15) comp. kjv@2Chronicals:17:13 and kjv@2Chronicals:17:19 (B.C. 910.) Father of Ishmael, one of the "captains of hundreds" whom Jehoiada the priest took into his confidence about the restoration of the line of Judah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:23:1) (B.C. 910.) One of the Bene
- Bebai who was forced to put away his foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:28) (B.C. 459.) A priest, kjv@Nehemiah:12:13) during the high priesthood of Joiakim. ver. kjv@Nehemiah:12:12) (B.C. 406.) A priest who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:12:42) (B.C. 446.)
JEHOIACHIN
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah has appointed), son of Jehoiakim, and for three months and ten days king of Judah. (B.C. 597.) At his accession Jerusalem was quite defenseless, and unable to offer any resistance to the army which Nebuchadnezzar sent to besiege it. ( kjv@2Kings:24:10-11) In a very short time Jehoiachin surrendered at discretion; and he, and the queen-mother, and all his servants, captains and officers, came out and gave themselves up to Nebuchadnezzar, who carried them, with the harem and the eunuchs, to Babylon. kjv@Jeremiah:29:2; kjv@Ezekiel:17:12 kjv@Ezekiel:19:9) There he remained a prisoner, actually in prison and wearing prison garments, for thirty-six years, viz., till the death of Nebuchadnezzar, when Evilmerodach, succeeding to the throne of Babylon, brought him out of prison, and made him sit at this own table. The time of his death is uncertain.
JEHOIADA
- J>@ - (Jehovah knows). Father of Benaiah, David’s well-known warrior. (2 Samuel kjv@8:18) 1Kin 1 and 2 passim ; ( kjv@1Chronicles:18:17) etc. (B.C. before 1046.) Leader of the Aaronites, i.e. the priests; who joined David at Hebron. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:27) (B.C. 1053-46.) According to ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:34) son of Benaiah; but in all probability Benaiah the sons of Jehoiada is meant. Probably an error in copying. ( kjv@1Chronicles:18:17; 2 Samuel kjv@8:18) High priest at the time of Athaliah’s usurpation of the throne of Judah, B.C. 884-878, and during the greater portion of the forty-years reign of Joash. He married Jehosheba; and when Athaliah slew all the seed royal to Judah after Ahaziah had been put to death by Jehu, he and his wife stole Joash from among the king’s sons and hid him for six years in the temple, and eventually replaced him on the throne of his ancestors. ATHALIAH The destruction of Baal-worship and the restoration of the temple were among the great works effected by Jehoiada. He died B.C. 834. Second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest. kjv@Jeremiah:29:25-29; kjv@2Kings:25:18) Son of Paseach, who assisted to repair the old gate of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:6)
JEHOIAKIM
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah sets up), called Eliakim, son of Josiah and king of Judah. After deposing Jehoahaz, Pharaoh-necho set Eliakim, his elder brother, upon the throne, and changed his name to Jehoiakim, B.C. 608-597. For four years Jehoiakim was subject toi Egypt, when Nebuchadnezzar, after a short siege, entered Jerusalem, took the king prisoner, bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon, and took also some of the precious vessels of the temple and carried them to the land of Shinar. Jehoiakim became tributary to Nebuchadnezzar after his invasion of Judah, and continued so for three years, but at the end of that time broke his oath of allegiance and rebelled against him. ( kjv@2Kings:24:1) Nebuchadnezzar sent against him numerous bands of Chaldeans, with Syrians, Moabites and Ammonites, ( kjv@2Kings:24:7) and who cruelly harassed the whole country. Either in an engagement with some of these forces or else by the hand of his own oppressed subjects Jehoiakim came to a violent end in the eleventh year of his reign. His body was cast out ignominiously on the ground, and then was dragged away and buried "with the burial of an ass," without pomp or lamentation, "beyond the gates of Jerusalem." kjv@Jeremiah:22:18-19 kjv@Jeremiah:36:30) All the accounts we have of Jehoiakim concur in ascribing to him a vicious and irreligious character. ( kjv@2Kings:23:37 kjv@2Kings:24:9; kjv@2Chronicles:36:5) The reign of Jehoiakim extends from B.C. 609 to B.C. 598, or, as some reckon, 599.
JEHOIARIB
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah defends), head of the first of the twenty-four courses of priests. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:7)
JEHONADAB
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah impels) and Jon’adab, the son of Rechab, founder of the Rechabites, an Arab chief. When Jehu was advancing, after the slaughter of Betheked, on the city of Samaria, he was suddenly met by Jehonadab, who joined with him in "slaying all that remained unto Ahab." ( kjv@2Kings:10:15-17)
JEHONATHAN
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah gave). Son of Uzziah; superintendent of certain of King David’s storehouses. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:25) (B.C. 1014). One of the Levites who were sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah, with a book of the law, to teach the people. ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:8) (B.C. 910.) A priest, kjv@Nehemiah:12:18) the representative of the family of Shemaiah, ver. 6, when Joiakim was high priest. (B.C. after 536.)
JEHORAM
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah has exalted). Son of Ahab king of Israel, who succeeded his brother Ahaziah B.C. 896, and died B.C. 884. The alliance between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, commenced by his father and Jehoshaphat, was very close throughout his reign. We first find him associated with Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom in a war against the Moabites. The three armies were in the utmost danger of perishing for want of water. The piety of Jehoshaphat suggested an inquiry of Jehovah, thorough Elisha. After reproving Jehoram, Elisha, for Jehoshaphat’s sake, inquired of Jehovah, and received the promise of an abundant supply of water, and of a great victory over the Moabites; a promise which was immediately fulfilled. The allies pursued them with great slaughter into their own land, which they utterly ravaged and destroyed most of its cities. Kirharaseth alone remained, the there the king of Moab made his last stand. An attempt to break through the besieging army having failed, he resorted to the desperate expedient of offering up his eldest son, as a burnt offering, upon the wall of the city, in the sight of the enemy. Upon this the Israelites retired and returned to their own land. ( kjv@2Kings:3:1) ... A little later, when war broke out between Syria and Israel, we find Elisha befriending Jehoram; but when the terrible famine in Samaria arose, the king immediately attributed the evil to Elisha, and determined to take away his life. The providential interposition by which both Elisha’s life was saved the city delivered is narrated ( kjv@2Kings:7:1) ... and Jehoram appears to have returned to friendly feeling toward Elisha. ( kjv@2Kings:8:4) It was soon after these vents that the revolution in Syria predicted by Elisha took place, giving Jehoram a good opportunity of recovering Ramoth-gilead from the Syrians. he accordingly made an alliance with his nephew Ahaziah, who had just succeeded Joram on the throne of Judah, and the two kings proceeded to occupy Ramoth-gilead by force. The expedition was an unfortunate one. Jehoram was wounded in battle, and obliged to return to Jezreel to be healed of his wounds. ( kjv@2Kings:8:29 kjv@2Kings:9:14-15) jehu and the army under his command revolted from their allegiance to Jehoram, ( kjv@2Kings:9:1) ... and hastily marching to Jezreel, surprised Jehoram, wounded and defenseless as he was. Jehoram, going out to meet him, fell pierced by an arrow from Jehu’s bow on the very plot of ground which Ahab had wrested from Naboth the Jezreelite; thus fulfilling to the letter the prophecy of Elijah. (Kings:21:29) With the life of Jehoram ended the dynasty of Omri. Eldest son of Jehoshaphat, succeeded his father on the throne of Judah at the age of 32, and reigned eight years, from B.C. 893-2 to 885-4. As soon as he was fixed on the throne, he put his six brothers to death, with many of the chief nobles of the land. He then, probably at the instance of his wife Athaliah the daughter of Ahab, proceeded to establish the worship of Baal. A prophetic writing from the aged prophet Elijah, ( kjv@2Chronicles:21:12) failed to produce any good effect upon him. The remainder of his reign was a series of calamities. First the Edomites, who had been tributary to Jehoshaphat, revolted from his dominion and established their permanent independence. Next Libnah, ( kjv@2Kings:19:8) rebelled against him. Then followed invasion by armed bands of Philistines and of Arabians, who stormed the king’s palace, put his wives and all his children, except his youngest son Ahaziah, to death, ( kjv@2Chronicles:22:1) or carried them into captivity, and plundered all his treasures. he died of a terrible disease. ( kjv@2Chronicles:21:19-20)
JEHOSHABEATH
- J>@ - (whose oath is Jehovah). ( kjv@2Chronicles:22:11)
See JEHOSHEBA
JEHOSHAPHAT
- J>@ - (whom Jehovah judges.) King of Judah, son of Asa, succeeded to the throne B.C. 914, when he was 35 years old, and reigned 25 years. His history is to be found among the events recorded in (Kings:15:24; kjv@2Kings:8:16) or in a continuous narrative in ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:1; kjv@2Chronicles:21:3) He was contemporary with Ahab, Ahaziah and Jehoram. He was one of the best, most pious and prosperous kings of Judah, the greatest since Solomon. At first he strengthened himself against Israel; but soon afterward the two Hebrew kings formed an alliance. In his own kingdom Jehoshaphat ever showed himself a zealous follower of the commandments of God: he tried to put down the high places and groves in which the people of Judah burnt incense, and sent the wisest Levites through the cities and towns to instruct the people in true morality and religion. Riches and honors increased around him. He received tribute from the Philistines and Arabians, and kept up a large standing army in Jerusalem. It was probably about the 16th year of his reign, B.C. 898, when he became Ahab’s ally in the great battle of Ramoth-gilead, for which he was severely reproved by Jehu. ( kjv@2Chronicles:19:2) He built at Ezion-geber, with the help of Ahaziah, a navy designed to go to Tarshish; but it was wrecked at Ezion-geber. Before the close of his reign he was engaged in two additional wars. He was miraculously delivered from a threatened attack of the people of Ammon, Moab and Seir. After this, perhaps, must be dated the war which Jehoshaphat, in conjunction with Jehoram king of Israel and the king of Edom, carried on against the rebellious king of Moab. ( kjv@2Kings:3:1) ... In his declining years the administration of affairs was placed, probably B.C. 891, in the hands of his son Jehoram. Son of Ahilud, who filled the office of recorder of annalist in the courts of David, (2 Samuel kjv@8:16) etc., and Solomon. (Kings:4:3) One of the priests in David’s time. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:24) Son of Paruah; one of the twelve purveyors of King Solomon. (Kings:4:17) Son of Nimshi and father of King Jehu. ( kjv@2Kings:9:2 kjv@2Kings:9:14)
JEHOSHAPHAT, VALLEY OF
- J>@ - (valley of the judgment of Jehovah), a valley mentioned by Joel only, as the spot in which, after the return of Judah and Jerusalem from captivity, Jehovah would gather all the heathen,