Jaha'za (Josh, xiii, 18) or Jaha'zah (Josh, xxi, 36 ; Jer. xlviii, 21). See Jahaz.
Jahazi'ah (Heb. Yachzeyah', T\'^m^, beheld by Je- hovah; Sept. 'la'CictQ), son of Tikvah, apparently a priest, one of those deputed by Ezra to ascertain wliich of the Jews had married Gentile wives after the return from Babylon (Ezra x, 15). B.C. 459.
Jaha'ziel (Hebrew YachazieV, iN"'tn;;i, beheld by God; Sept. 'U'Cii]\, 'laZiiiX, 'OZttjX, 'AlLf)\), the name of five men. See also Jaiizeeu
1. The third " son" of Hebron, the grandson of Levi through Kohath (1 Chron. xxiii, 19; xxiv, 33). B.C. probably post 1618, perhaps 1014.
2. One of the Benjamite warriors who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chron. xii, 4). B.C. 1055.
3. One of the priests who preceded the sacred ark with trumpets on its removal to Jerusalem (1 Chron. xvi, 6). B.C. cir. 1043.
4. The son of Zechariah, a Levite of the family of Asaph, who predicted to Jehoshaphat his triumph over the host of the Moabites with such decided assurances. See Jehoshaphat. He is nowhere else mentioned in Scripture, but his prophecy on this occasion is given in fidl: "Then upon Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation; and he said. Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusa- lem, and thou, king Jehoshaphat, thus saith the Lord unto you. Be not afraid nor dismaj-ed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. To-morrow go ye down against them : behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz ; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the -wilderness of Jeruel. Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set your- selves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of theLord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem : fear not, nor be dis- mayed ; to-morrow go out against them, for the Lord will be with you" (2 Chron. xx, 14-17). B.C. cir. 896.
5. One of the " sons" of Shechaniah, whose son (Ben- .Jahaziel, but his name is not othenvise given ; indeed, there is evidently some confusion in the text ; comp. ver. 3) is said to have returned from Babylon with 300 males of his retainers (Ezra viii, 5). B.C. ante 459. See Shechaniah.
Jah'dai (Heb. Yahday', ^^T\^,YiTdb. grasjwr ; Sept. 'lalai), a descendant apparently of Caleb, of the family of Hezron ; his sons' names are given, but, as his own parentage is not stated (1 Chron. ii, 47), it can only be conjectured that he was the son of the preceding Gazoz, the son (different from the brother) of Haran (ver. 46). B.C. prob. post 1612. Various other suggestions re- garding the name have been made, as that Gazez, the name preceding, should be Jahdai (Houbigant, ad loc.) ; that Jahdai M'as a concubine of Caleb (Grunenberg, quoted by IMichaelis, Adnot. ad loc), etc. ; but these are mere groundless suppositions (see Burrhigton, i, 216; Bertheau, Comment, ad loc).
Jah'diel (Heb. YachdieV, b^'i^in^ made joyful by God; Sept. 'IfSn)\), one of the famous chieftains of the tribe of Manasseh resident in northern Bashan (1 Cliron. V, 24). B.C. apparently 720.
Jah'do (Heb. Yachdo', i'ln^l', his union; otherwise for "I'l'^r!^, united; Sept. 'ItScat), son of Buz and father of Jeshishai, of the descendants of Abihail, resident in Gilead (1 Chron. v, 14). B.C. between 1093 and 782.
Jah'leel (Heb. Yachleel', bxbn^, hopim/ in God; Sept. 'AxoijX), the last named of the three sons of Zeb- ulon (Gen. xlvi, 14; Numb, xxvi, 26). His descend- ants are called Jahleelites (Heb. YachleeW, ■'^I??'v\ Sept. 'Axoriki, Numb, xxvi, 26). B.C. 1856.
Jah'leelite (Numb, xxvi, 26). See Jahlkel.
Jah'mai (Heb. Yackmay', '"'tl'n'^, protector ; Sept, 'Itjxoii^, one of the "sons" of Tola, grandson of Issachar (1 Chron. vii, 2). B.C. cir. 1658.
Jahn, JoHANX, a distinguished German Roman Catholic theologian and Orientalist, was born at Tas- witz, in Moravia, June 18, 1750. He studied at the Gym- nasium of ZnajTn, the University of Olmiitz, and the Rom. Cath. Theological Seminary of Bruck, entered the Church, and was for some time a priest at Mislitz. In 1782 he received the doctorate from Olmiitz, and, after having filled with great distinction the position of pro- fessor of Oriental languages and Biblical hermeneutics at Bruck, he was, in 1789, called to the University of Vienna as professor of the Oriental languages, dogmat- ics, and Biblical archaeologj-. At this high school he labored successfully for seventeen j-ears, amid suspicions and petty persecutions from the court of Rome which pained his ingenuous spirit. Some words in the pref- ace of his Einleit. in d. fjottl. Biicher d. alten Bumks (Vi- enna, 1703, 1802, 1803,' 2 vols. 8vo) ; the assertion that
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