- JAW-BONE of an ass afforded Samson a weapon for the great slaughter
of the Philistines (Judges 15.15), in which he slew a thousand men. In
verse 19 the Authorized Version reads, “God clave a hollow place that was
in the jaw, and there came water thereout.” This is a mis-translation of the
words. The rendering should be as in the Revised Version, “God clave the
hollow place that is in Lehi,” etc., Lehi (q.v.) being the name of the hill
where this conflict was waged, possibly so called because it was in shape
like a jaw-bone. - JEALOUSY suspicion of a wife’s purity, one of the strongest passions
(Numbers 5:14; Proverbs 6:34; Cant. 8:6); also an intense interest for
another’s honour or prosperity (Psalm 79:5; 1 Corinthians 10:22;
Zechariah 1:14). - JEALOUSY, IMAGE OF an idolatrous object, seen in vision by Ezekiel
(Ezekiel 8:3, 5), which stood in the priests’ or inner court of the temple.
Probably identical with the statue of Astarte (2 Kings 21:7). - JEALOUSY OFFERING the name of the offering the husband was to
bring when he charged his wife with adultery (Numbers 5:11-15). - JEALOUSY, WATERS OF water which the suspected wife was required
to drink, so that the result might prove her guilt or innocence (Numbers
5:12-17, 27). We have no record of this form of trial having been actually
resorted to. - JEARIM forests, a mountain on the border of Judah (Joshua 15:10).
- JEBUS trodden hard, or fastness, or “the waterless hill”, the name of the
Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion (Joshua 15:8; 18:16, 28). It
is identified with Jerusalem (q.v.) in Judges 19:10, and with the castle or
city of David (1 Chronicles 11:4,5). It was a place of great natural strength,
and its capture was one of David’s most brilliant achievements (2 Samuel
5:8). - JEBUSITES the name of the original inhabitants of Jebus, mentioned
frequently among the seven nations doomed to destruction (Genesis 10:16;
15:21; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5, etc.). At the time of the arrival of the Israelites
in Palestine they were ruled by Adonizedek (Joshua 10:1, 23). They were
defeated by Joshua, and their king was slain; but they were not entirely
driven out of Jebus till the time of David, who made it the capital of his
kingdom instead of Hebron. The site on which the temple was afterwards
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