Che'lal (Heb. Kelal^ hi'S, compUAon; Sept Xa- X^X), one of the *'sons" of Pahath-Moab who divoited his Gentile wife after the return from Babylon (Ezra X, 80). B.C. 458.
Chelbenah. See Galbakum.
Cheroias (XcXiciac, i. e. BUkiaK), the three or foui* men.
CHELLIAN
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1. The fkther of Asadiah and ancestor of Barnch (q. T.X (Bar. i, 1). B.C. conaiderablj ante 605.
2. A priest, son of Salom (Shallimi), and father of Joachim (Bar. i, 7) ; evidently tlie Hii^kiah (q. y.) of the Old Test. (1 Chron. yi, 18).
3. The father of Susanna (Sns. 2, 29, 68). B.C. post 588. He was periiaps identical with the Hilkiah of Keh. xii, 7, or of Neh. yiii, 4. Tradition, however (HippoL w Suaatm. i, 689, ed. Migne), represents him as identical with the &ther of Jeremiah (Jer. i, 1), and also with the priest who found the copy of the law in the time of Josiah (2 Kings xxii, 8).
4. One of the two Alexandrian Jewish generals of Geopatra in her contest with her son Ptolemy Lathy- ras, in which campaign he died in Code-Syria (Jose- phns, Am. xiii, 10, 4; 18, 1).
Chellian (or, rather, Chellacm, XcXXaToc), an in- habitant of a region mentioned (Judith ii, 28) as ad- joining Aralna Desarta on the north ; probably that elsewhere (Judith i, 9) called Chbllus (q. v.).
Chennh (Heb. Kebihu^, SfnA? [text ^mbs], ▼. r. VJSlbs or *»nA3, completed! Sept. X«Xia v. r. XtX- ria and XcXcruz, Vulg. CheU(m\ one of the *'sons*' of Bani who divorced their Gentile wives after the Bab- ylonian exile (Ezra x, 85). B.C. 458.
ChellUB (XcXXovc ▼• r. XcXovCt ^nlg* omits), named among the places beyond (L e. on the west of) Jordan to which Nabnchodonosor sent his summons (Judith i, 9). Except its mention with *'Kades" there is no clew to its situation ; this, however, would seem to locate it near Kadesh-bamea. Hence Reland (Palcut, p. 717) conjectures that it may be Chalvxa (TTX^bn), a place which, under the altered form of Elusa (q. v.), was well known to the Roman and Greek geographers. With this agrees the subsequent mention of the ** land of the Chellians'* (^ XtWaitaVy Yalg. terra CeUon), " by the wildemess," to the south of wh<Hn were the children of Ishmael (Judith ii, 28). Hovers (Zeittckr.f. PhUoe, 1885, p. 86) supposes it to be the same as Haluul (Josh, xv, 58), and that Be- tane, mentioned with it, is the same as Betb-anoth (Jodu XV, 59). *
Chelod (X§Kiovd v. r. XeXiovX, Yulg. omits, old Lat. vcr. CkeUeuth, Syr. " Chaldiwins"). " Many n*. tions of the sons of Chelod** were among those who obeyed the summons of Nabuchodonosor to his war with Arphaxad (Judith i, 6). The word is apparently oormpt (see Fritzsche, Exeg. Handb, in loc.). Shnonis BQggMts XaXuw, i. e. Calmbh, perh. Ctesiphon. Ewald (Geteh, Itr. Ill, ii, 548) conjectures it to be a nickname forthe ifiifrioM, "sons of the mole" CVn, chokdy
Chelnh (Heb. Kelub', ^^^2, a oc^ as hi Jer. v, 27), the name of two men.
1. (Sept. XaXkfi.) The brother of Shuah and &- therof Chechir, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chron. iv, 11). B.G. appar. ante 1612.
2. (Sept. XtXovfi.) The f&ther of Ezri, which lat- ter was David's chief gardener (1 Chron. xxvii, 26). B.C. ante 1014.
Chelnntiai (Heb. Kebtba^, "^^^iip ; Sept. XaXI^ one of the sons of Heznm (1 Chron. ii, 9) ; elsewhere (▼er. 18, 42) called Caleb (q. v.). It is worth noting that, while in this passage Jeraluneel is statdd to be a brother of Chelubai, it appears from 1 Sam. xxvii, 10, that the Jerahmeelites were placed on the *^ south of Jodah," where also were the possessions of the house of Caleb (Judg. i, 15; 1 Sam. xxv, 3; xxx, 14).
Chem''arixn (Heb. Kemarin^ d'^l^S, idolprietU). This word occurs only once in our version of the Bible ("chemarims," Zeph. i, 4 ; Sept. confounds with Upuc following); but it is met with in the Hebrew fai 2 Kings xxiii, 5 (Sept Xofiapift) ; Hos. x, 5 (Sept. omits), where it is rendered *' idolatrous priests,** and "priests;" and in both of these passages the margin
has ** ehemarm," According to Gesenius (Tkrn, EA, p. 693), the corresponding Syriac word signifies ** a priest in general; but this, as well as other Sjnriac words relating to divine worship, is restricted by the Hebrews to idol-worship. As to the etymology, the singular form ^^!b, ho'mer, is properly blackne$$y ead^ nesty and concretely, one who goes about in Modb, in mowrrmg^ hence an cacedo^ a priest" FOrst (£re5. Lex, s. V.) suggests a derivation fh>m ^p2 ==*1QK, in the sense of worekip^ and remarks that the title cktma^ rtm, although proper to the peculiar priests of Baal, was also applied to other idolatrous priests. Zeph. i, 4, the cbemarim are coupled with the priests, and the passage may signify, **I will destroy the eftemorun, together with the priests of the tribe of Levi who have joined in the worship of idols." The priests who ofl^ elated in the service of the golden calves at Dan and Bethel were called d^emarim (see the other passages referred to). Even to this day the Jews retain the word, and apply it in derision to Christian nunisteis, on account of their black robes. See Baal.