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Jehiel

Jehiel (1): (treasured of God), a perfectly distinct name from the last. 1. A man described as father of Gibeon; a fore-father of King Saul. (1Chronicles 9:35) 2. One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite; a memb...

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Jehiel (1): (treasured of God), a perfectly distinct name from the last.

1. A man described as father of Gibeon; a fore-father of King Saul. (1Chronicles 9:35)

2. One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite; a member of David’s guard. (1Chronicles 11:44) (B.C. 1046.)(2): (God lives).

1. One of the Levites appointed by David to assist in the service of the house of God. (1Chr 15:18; 1Chr 15:20; 16:5)

2. One of the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, put to death by his brother Jehoram. (2Chr 21:2; 2Chr 21:4) (B.C. 887.)

3. One of the rulers of the house of God at the time of the reforms of Josiah. (2Chronicles 35:8) (B.C. 623.)

4. A Gershonite Levite, (1Chronicles 23:8) who had charge of the treasures. ch. (1Chronicles 28:8)

5. A son of Hachmoni named in the list of David’s officers, (1Chronicles 27:32) as "with the king’s sons," whatever that may mean.

6. A Levite who took part in the restorations of King Hezekiah. (2Chronicles 29:14) (B.C. 726.)

7. Another Levite at the same period. (2Chronicles 31:13)

8. Father of Obadiah, of the Bene-Joab. (Ezra 8:9) (B.C. before 459.)

9. One of the Bene-Elam, father of Shechaniah. (Ezra 10:2)

10. A member of the same family, who himself had to part with his wife. (Ezra 10:26)

11. A priest, one of the Bene-Harim, who also had to put away his foreign wife. (Ezra 10:21) (B.C. 459.)

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