- JABNEEL built by God. (1.) A town in the north boundary of Judah
(Joshua 15:11), called afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern
Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), it
became one of the most populous cities of Judea, and the seat of a
celebrated school.
(2.) A town on the border of Naphtali (Joshua 19:33). Its later name was
Kefr Yemmah, “the village by the sea,” on the south shore of Lake Merom.
- JABNEH building, (2 Chronicles 26:6), identical with Jabneel (Joshua
15:11). - JACHAN mourner, one of the chief Gadite “brothers” in Bashan (1
Chronicles 5:13). - JACHIN firm. (1.) The fourth son of Simeon (Genesis 46:10), called also
Jarib (1 Chronicles 4:24).
(2.) The head of one of the courses (the twenty-first) of priests (1
Chronicles 24:17).
(3.) One of the priests who returned from the Exile (1 Chronicles 9:10).