Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Jehiel
(treasured of God), a perfectly distinct name from the last.
•A man described as father of Gibeon; a fore-father of King Saul. (1 Chronicles 9:35)
•One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite; a member of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:44) (B.C.
1046.)
(God lives).
•One of the Levites appointed by David to assist in the service of the house of God. (1 Chronicles
15:18,20; 16:5)
•One of the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, put to death by his brother Jehoram. (2 Chronicles
21:2,4) (B.C. 887.)
•One of the rulers of the house of God at the time of the reforms of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 35:8)
(B.C. 623.)
•A Gershonite Levite, (1 Chronicles 23:8) who had charge of the treasures. ch. (1 Chronicles 28:8)
•A son of Hachmoni named in the list of David’s officers, (1 Chronicles 27:32) as “with the king’s
sons,” whatever that may mean.
•A Levite who took part in the restorations of King Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 29:14) (B.C. 726.)
•Another Levite at the same period. (2 Chronicles 31:13)
•Father of Obadiah, of the Bene-Joab. (Ezra 8:9) (B.C. before 459.)
•One of the Bene-Elam, father of Shechaniah. (Ezra 10:2)
•A member of the same family, who himself had to part with his wife. (Ezra 10:26)
•A priest, one of the Bene-Harim, who also had to put away his foreign wife. (Ezra 10:21) (B.C.
459.)
Jehieli
(a Jehielite), according to the Authorized Version a Gershonite Levite of the family of Laadan.
(1 Chronicles 26:21,22)
Jehizkiah
(Jehovah strengthens), son of Shallum, one of the heads of the tribe of Ephraim in the time of
Ahaz. (2 Chronicles 28:12) comp. 2Chr 28:8,13,15 (B.C. 738.)
Jehoadah
(whom Jehovah adorns), one of the descendants of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:36)
Jehoaddan
(Whom Jehovah adorns), queen to King Josiah, and mother of Amaziah of Judah. (2 Kings
14:2; 2 Chronicles 25:1) (B.C. 862-837.)
Jehoahaz
(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 (2 Kings 13:1-9) Throughout his reign, ver. (2 Kings 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. (2 Kings 13:23) and 2Kin 13:25 Or Jeroboam II., (2 Kings
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. (2 Kings 23:31) and 2Kin 23:36) brother,
B.C. 610, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Pharaoh-necho sent to Jerusalem to depose

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