A. T. Chapman. JAHAZIEL (Sx-in:, 'El sees').— 1. A Benjamite who joined David at Zikla", I Ch 12*. 2. One of the two priests who, according to 1 Ch 16", blew trumpets before the ark when it was brought by David to Jerusalem. 3. A Kohathite Levite, 1 Ch 23" 24-''. 4. An Asaphite Levite who is said to have encouraged Jehoshaphat and his army against an invading host, 2 Ch 2u'*. 5. The ancestor of a family of exiles who returned, Ezr 8", called in 1 Es 8*^ Jezalus. On the emendation wliich should probably be made on the MT, see Ryle, Ezr-Neh, ad loc., and art. Shecaniah.
JAHDAI (the vocalization and meaning are both doubtfiil ; Baer points •z^:, others ^n; ; cf. Kittel in SBUT. Gesenius \_Thcs.'\ makes the name = .Tn.T * J" leads '). — This name occurs in an obscure con- nexion (see Genealogy, IV. 33) in the genealogy of Caleb, 1 Cii 2", where Jabdai appears as the father of six sons.
JAHDIEIi (^K-^rr ' El giveth joy ')■— A Manassite cliief, 1 Ch 5«. See Genealogy, VII*. 8.
JAHDO Ciiir in common edd. of MT, '^in: in Baer ; LX.X; B 'lovpat, A 'USSai, Luc. 'leiJu).— A Gadite, 1 Ch 5". See GENEALOGY, XI. 3.
JAHLEEL (Sx'-rr ' wait for God ').— Third son of Zebuhin, Gn 46", Nu 20*" P : patron. Jahleelites, Nu 20*.
JAHMAI ("TIT., perh. = .i;9ri: 'may J' protect,' cf. Sab. Svrn-). — A man of Is-sachar, 1 Ch 7'.
JAHWEH.— See God, p. 199*. and Jah.
JAHZAH.-The form of .fahaz in 1 Ch 6™ AV, RV, and Jer 48-' RV. See Jahaz.
JAHZEEL (W 'God divides'). — Naphfalis firstborn, tin 46", Nu 20" P ; in 1 Ch 7" Jahilel ^V't''.) ■ patron. Jahzcclitcs, Nu 26".
JAHZEIAH (.Ttir = 'J' sees,' "laflat A, AaJ-e.d B. Ezr 1U">: Ks-f/cflot A, 'KrWat B, 1 Es 9", AV Jahaziah). — The son of Tikvah, one of four men who are mrntionod aa opfiosing Ezra in the matter of the foreign wives (so RV, Goscn., Bertheau, Stade, etc.). The AV rogarded .1. and bia companions as supporters of Ezra, renderinj;
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JAHZEEAII
•JAMES
*wereemi)lo3'ed about this matter' ; and this view is supported by LXX, 1 Es, UVm ; but for tlie Heb. uhrase here found (Sv ijj), cf. 1 Ch 21', 2 Ch 20^, Dn 11", in evidently expressed.
Heb. phrase nere toui
20'-^, Dn 11", in which passages opjinxilion ia
H. A. WuiTK.
JAHZERAH (.Tjin:).— A priest, 1 Ch 9", called in Nehll"Ahzai. See Genealogy, III. 17. Sieg- fried-StaJe propose to emend mm" to .Tin" = Mni« (Ahzai). See further, Smeiid, Listen, and Kyle, Ezr-Neh, ad loc.
JAHZIEL.— See Jahzeel.
JAIR (tn; 'he enlightens' or 'one giving light '). — 1. A son of Manasseli and contemporary of Moses, Nu 32*', Dt 3", Jos 13=", 1 K J", 1 Cli 2~'-.
2. One of the judges, Jg lO*"-. According to another tradition he was the same as 1. A very ancient, probably tlie original, account of the conquest of Gilead is contained in Nu 32^''*"-. There can be little doubt that it describes a conquest m.ade after the main body of Israelites were settled west of tlie Jordan. It has, however, got mixed up with the story of the Mosaic conquest of the lands east of Jordan. Even if there was a Jair contenii)orary with Moses, he could not have been literally the 'son' of JIanasseh (see Driver on Dt 3'*), hence 'son' must in any case be interpreted in the sense of descendant. Attempts have been made unsuccess- fully by Keil and others to distingui.sh the Jair of the Ilexateuch from the Jair of Jg, as well as to harmonize the somewhat conflicting notices about the ' tent-villages' (hnvvoth-Jair). In Jg lOr"- Jair is said to have had 30 sons that rode on 30 ass colts, and to have ' judged ' Israel 22 years. The 'tent-villages' are there given as 30, whereas in 1 Ch 2^, which possibly reflects post-exilic re- lations (Moore), they are 23 in number. See, further, the Vomm. of Dillm., Driver, and Moore on the above-cited passages, and the article Hawoth-Jair. 3. The father of Mordeeai, Est 2°. i. (Tv; Jfere* ifT, Kethibh) Father of Elhanan,
1 Ch 20*. By a scribal error this Jnir is called in
2 S 21" Jaare-oregim (wh. see, and cf. Driver, Text of Sam., and Budde, SBOT, ad loc.).
J. A. Selbie. JAIRITE, THE (■n,^-n ; B i 'lapdv, A A 'lae.pcf ; Jairites), i.e. of the family of Jair, the son of Manasseh, whose descendants lived in Gilead (Nu 32" etc.). The gentilic adjective occurs only in connexion with Ira (wh. see), who is further de- scribed as ' priest nnto David ' (2 S 20^). Many scholars, however, consider that ' Jattirite ' (nr:n) should be read for 'Jairite' in this passage. If
this reading be adopted (cf. Pesh. ;_»Aj ^^)
Ira might possibly be of the tribe of Levi, since Jattir was a priestly city in the hUI-country of Judah (Jos 15" 21'*, cf. 1 S 30"').
J. F. Stennino.
JAIRU3 {'liaims, the Gr. form of OT Jair).—
1. The father of Mordeeai (Ad. Est IP), called in
Est 2° Jair. 2. Eponym of a family of ' temple
servants' (1 Es 5") (AV Aims, RVm Reaiah).
3. The ruler of the synagogue whose daughter was restored to life by Jesus (Mk 5^, Lk 8-"). See next article.