Dict: smith - JEDIAEL

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.)