built belonged to Araunah, a Jebusite, from whom it was purchased by
David, who refused to accept it as a free gift (2 Samuel 24:16-25; 1
Chronicles 21:24, 25).
- JECOLIAH able through Jehovah, the wife of King Amaziah, and mother
of King Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:3). - JEDAIAH (1.) Invoker of Jehovah. The son of Shimri, a chief Simeonite
(1 Chronicles 4:37).
(2.) One of those who repaired the walls of Jerusalem after the return from
Babylon (Nehemiah 3:10).
(3.) Knowing Jehovah. The chief of one of the courses of the priests (1
Chronicles 24:7).
(4.) A priest in Jerusalem after the Exile (1 Chronicles 9:10).
- JEDIAEL known by God. (1.) One of the sons of Benjamin, whose
descendants numbered 17,200 warriors (1 Chronicles 7:6, 10, 11).
(2.) A Shimrite, one of David’s bodyguard (1 Chronicles 11:45). Probably
same as in 12:20.
(3.) A Korhite of the family of Ebiasaph, and one of the gate-keepers to
the temple (1 Chronicles 26:2).
- JEDIDIAH beloved by Jehovah, the name which, by the mouth of
Nathan, the Lord gave to Solomon at his birth as a token of the divine
favour (2 Samuel 12:25). - JEDUTHUN lauder; praising, a Levite of the family of Merari, and one of
the three masters of music appointed by David (1 Chronicles 16:41, 42;
25:1-6). He is called in 2 Chronicles 35:15 “the king’s seer.” His
descendants are mentioned as singers and players on instruments
(Nehemiah 11:17). He was probably the same as Ethan (1 Chronicles
15:17, 19). In the superscriptions to Psalm 39, 62, and 77, the words
“upon Jeduthun” probably denote a musical instrument; or they may
denote the style or tune invented or introduced by Jeduthun, or that the
psalm was to be sung by his choir. - JEGAR-SAHADUTHA pile of testimony, the Aramaic or Syriac name
which Laban gave to the pile of stones erected as a memorial of the