" In the apocrjT)hal Acts of the Apostles, the ashes of Barnabas, after his martyrdom in Cyprus, are said to have been buried in a cave where the race of the Jebu-
sites formerly dwelt, and previous to this is mentioned the arrival in the island of a pious Jebusite, a kinsman of Nero (J ct. Ajwst. A poor. p. 72, 73, ed Tisch.)" (Smith).
Jecami'ah (1 Chron. iii, 18), See Jekamiaii.
Jechlel ben-Joseph, of Paris, a Kabbi, flourish- ed in the 13th century. He was a discijde of the cele- brated Jehudah Sir-Leon (q. v.). But little is known of the early history of his life. In the prime of life we find him in Paris, at the head of a theological school, and an officiating Kabbi in the capital of France. Dur- ing the reign of Louis IX the Komanists made every effort to cause the expulsion of the Jews from France, where they were enjoying at this time special favors. They accused the Jews of manifold crimes, and asserted that the Talmud contained disrespectful language to- wards Jesus, etc.; and though the king hesitated to believe this, he was finall}' persuaded to appoint a com- mission of both Christians and Jews to search the Talmud for obnoxious passages. Of the four Kabbis ajipointed, Jechiel ben-Joscph headed the Jewish com- mission, and he alone, in the main, carried on the dis- putation, which resulted unfavorably to the Jews, In the dis])ute Jechiel disjjlaj-ed great ability and learning, but it is to be dejilored that he injured his cause in the eyes of the historian by the assertion which he made that the name of Jesus occurring in the Talmud docs not refer to Jesus the Christ, See Jews in France; Wagenseil, Tela iynea Sataiue (2 vols. 4to) ; Gratz, Ge- schiclite der Juden, vii, 115 sq, (J. H.W.)
Jeclioli'ah (2 Kings xv, 2). See Jecoliah.
Jechoni'as (^Itxoviac), a Grajcized form of two Hebrew names occurring in the Apocrvpha and N. T.
1. In Esth. xi, 4 ; Bar. i, 3, 9 ; Matt.'i, 11, 12, for king Jeiioiakin (q, v.).
2. In 1 Esd. viii, 92 for Siiechaniaii (q.v.), who en- couraged Ezra in the matter of divorcing the Gentile wives (Ezra x, 2).
Jecoli'ah (Heb. Yehohjah', Hl^^r"', 2 Chron. xxvi, 3, where the text erroneously has n^lpiz';'; Auth. Vers. " Jecholiah ;" in 2 Kings xv, 2, the paragogic form Ye- kolija'hu, !in^?r% able through Jehovah ; Sept. Tf^fXin ; Josephus 'A\id\ac, A n1. ix, 10, 1 ; Vulg, ,/echelia), a fe- male of Jerusalem, mother of king Uzziah, and conse- quently wife of king Amaziah, wliom she appears to have survived : her character may be inferred from the general piety of her son, B.C. 824-807.
Jeconi'ah (1 Chron. iii, 16, 17 ; Jer. xxiv, 1 ; xxvii, 20 ; xxviii, 4 ; xxix, 1 ; Esth. ii, G). See Jehoiachin,
Jeconi'as (lexoviac'), a Gra3cized form (1 Esd, i, 0) of the name elsewhere given (2 Chron, xxxv, 9) as CONANIAII (q. v.),
Jedes'us ('Ittaioc-), a less correct form (1 Esd, ix, 30) of the Hebrew name (F.zra x, 29) Adaiah (q, v,).
Jedai'ah (Ileb. Yediri/nh'), the name of several men, of different form in the original,
1. (iT^I^, invoker of Jehovah ; Sept, 'Edici v, r, 'Iicid and 'ItEaia.) Son of Shimri and father of Allon, of the ancestors of Ziza, a chief Simeonite who migrated to the valley of Gedor (1 Chron. iv, 37), B.C. long ante 711.
2. (Same Hebrew name as preceding ; Sept. 'iicaia.') Son of Harumaph, and one of those that repaired the walls of Jerusalem after the exile (Neh. iii. 10 ). B.C. 44G.
3. ('T'" j"]*, hwriiiff Jthovah ; Sept. Tt£(o.) The chief of the second division of priests as arranged by Da- vid (1 Chron. xxiv, 7). B.C. 1014.
4. (Same Heb. name as preceding; Sept. 'luEai, 'hS- dova, 'la^ia, 'Icf'tng, 'iieoinaQ,"Ecioc, 'liciiov, AlStioi.) A priest who officiated in Jerusalem after the exile (1 Chron. ix, 10 ; Neh. xi, 10 ; in which latter passage, how- ever, he is styled the sou of Joiarib, evidently the same as the Jehoiarib wi(h whom he is merely associated in the former passage). From Ezra ii, 36; Neh, vii, 39,
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he appears to have belonged to the family of Jeshua (973 of his relatives having returuetl with liini from Bab- ylon), s© that he is probably the same with the priest Jedaiah enumerated (Neh. xii, 6) amongst the contem- poraries of Jeshua who returned with Zerubbabel (the name apparently being repeated in verse 7 ; comp. ver. 19, 21, where the same repetition occurs, although with the mention of different sons), and probably also identi- cal with the Jedaiah whom the prophet was directed to crown with the symbohcal wreath (Zech. vi, 10, 14). E.C. 536-520.
Jsd'du (IsoSov), a corrupt form (1 Esd. v, 24) for the Hebrew name (Ezra ii,3G) Jedaiah (q. v.).
Jedia'el [most Jedi'ael] (Heb. Yediuel', bsr'^-i;', knoicn by God; Sept. 'la6u]\,'Aoii]\, 'ItSiiiX), the name of at least three men.
1. One of the sons of Benjamin (1 Chron, vii, 6), whose sons (ver. 10) and descendants are enumerated as being 17,200 warriors in David's census (ver. 11). He is, per- haps, the same elsewhere called Asiibel (1 Chron. viii, 1). See Benjamin ; Jacob.
2. A Shimrite (q. v.) ; one of David's famous body- guard (1 Chron. xi, 45) ; probably the Manassite of the same name who joined David's troop at Ziklag (1 Chron. xii, 20). B.C. 1053-1046.