Je'gar-sahadu'tha (Chald. Yeyar'-Sahadutha', Nr^lil'O "i;'^, jnle of the testimony ; Sept. fiovvoc T>}g /i«p-(ipiV/c, Vulgate tumulus testis), the Aramaean name given by Laban as a S3-rian to the mound of stones erected as a memorial of his league with Jacob, -.vhere- as the latter styled it (Gen. xxxi, 47) by the equivalent Hebrew name of Gal-Eed (^q. v.).
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Jehale'leel [many JehaVeleeV] (Heb. Yehalkkl', ^xb^ri'l', praiser of God), the name of two men.
i. (Sept. 'laWtXijX, Yulg. Jaldeel.) A descendant of Judah, several of whose sons are enumerated, although his own immediate parentage is not mentioned (1 Chron. iv, 16). B.C. apparently cir. 1018.
2. (Sept. 'IaX/\/;\,Yulg. Jahihch Auth.Ycrs. " Jeha- lelel.") A Levite of the family nf jMerari, whose son Azariah aided in restoring the Temple services under Hezekiah (2 Chron. xxix, 12). B.C. ante 72G.
Jeharelel (2 Chron. xxix, 12). See Jehalkleei,, 2.
Jehdei'ah [some Jehde'iak or Jekiki' ah] (Hebrew Yechdeyah', only in the paragogic form ^n||''^H|]i, Yech- deya'lm, rejoicer in Jehovah ; Sept. 'laSata, 'laJiat;)) the name of two men.
1. A descendant of Shubael or Shebuel,ofthe family of Gershom, who appears to have been head of a division of the Levitical Temple attendants as arranged by Da- vid (1 Chron. xxiv, 20 ; comp. xxiii, IG). b'!C. 1014.
2. A Meronothite, and herdsman of the royal asses under David and Solomon (1 Chron. xxvii, 30). B.C. 1014.
Jehez'ekel (1 Chron. xxiv, 16). See Ezekiel, 1.
Jehi'ah (Hebrew Yechiyah', •T'ri^, Jehovah's living one ; Sept. 'haia), a Levite associated with Obed-edom as door-keeper of the sacred ark when brought by David to Jerusalem (1 Chron. xv,24) ; elsewhere (ver. 18) called Jehiei. (q. v.).
Jehi'el (Ilcb. Yechid', bx'^n^, God's living ono), the name of several men.
1. (1 Chron. ix, 35.) See Jeiel, 1.
2. (1 Chron. xi, 44.) See Jeiel, 2.
3. (Sept. Th/'/\ or 'Ifo'/X, but v. r. 'laSir)\ in 1 Chron. xvi, 5.) One of the Levites " of the second degree" ap- pointed by David to execute the music on the occasion of the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chron. xv, 18, 20, in which latter passage they are Sf.id to have per- formed " with psalteries on Alamoth"). He is apparent- ly the same with the person mentioned (verse 24) by the synonymous name Jehiah, although, from the similar collocation of names, others have confounded this with the Jeiel of ch. xvi, 5, a name of different signification. He is probably identical with the one named as chief amongst the three descendants of Laadaii (i. e. Libni) arranged by David in charge of the Temple p<irters (1 Chron. xxiii, 8), and hence likewise with the Gershonite with whom were deposited the gems offered by the peo- ple for the sacred structures and utensils (1 Chron. xxix, 8). B.C. 1043-1014. It is doubtless his descendants who were called Jeiiielites (Hebrew Yechieli, "^pNTI^j Sept. 'la/jA, A. V. " Jehicli," 1 Chron. xxvi, 21, 22).
4. (Sept. 'ItpiifK V. r. 'If //X, Yulg. Jahiel.) A Hach- monite ("son of Hachmoni") who apjjcars to have been tutor in the royal family towards the close of David's reign (1 Chron.xxvii, 32\ B.C. cir. 1030. " The men- tion of Ahithophel (ver. 33) seems to fix the date of this list as before the revolt. In Jerome's Qucesf. I/ebraiar on this passage, Jchiel is said to be David's son Chileab or Daniel ; and ' Achamoni,' interpreted as Sapimiissi- mus, is taken as an alias of Daviil himself" (Smith).
5. (Sept. Tc()'/X.) The second-named of the six sons of king Jehoshaphat (2 Chron. xxi, 2), exclusive of his first-born and heir, Jehoram, who, on his accession, mur- dered all his brothers (verse 4). B.C. 887.
6. (Sept, TfiZ/X.) A descendant of Heman, and one of the Levites who assisted Hezekiah in his reformation of the public religion (2 Chron. xxix, 14, where the He- brew text has bx W|', Yechuel''), and who eventually was appointed one of the superintendents of the sacred offer- ings (xxxi, 13). B.C. 726.
7. (Sept. 'IdiV/X.) One of those who contributed lib- erally to the renewal of the Temple sacrifices under Jo- siah ; stated to have been a " prince" or courtier, and, at the same time, a "ruler of the house of God," which im-
plies some union of civil and religious functions (2 Chron. XXXV, 8). B.C.G23.
8. (Sept. 'hitrjX v. r. 'ltir}\.) The father of Obadiah, which latter returned with his relatives of the sons of Joab, 218 males, from Babylon with Ezra (Ezra viii, 9). B.C. ante 459.
9. (Sept. Tf/;X V. r. 'l6«ii7X, also 'laV^X v. r. Ai6i»/X.) One of the " sons" of Elam (V Persian) who divorced his Gentile wife after the exile (Ezra x, 26); probably the same with the father of Shechauiah, who proposed that measure (verse 2). B.C. 459.
10. (Sept. 'lin'jX V. r. le/yX.) One of the priests, "sons" of Ilarim, who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity (Ezra x, 21). B.C. 459.
Jehi'eli (1 Chron. xxvi, 21, 22). See Jehiel, 1.
Jehizki'ah (Heb. Yechizkiyah' , only in the para- gogic form Yechizkiya'hu, ^tl'^f^lT}'^, i. q. Hezekiah ; Sei)t. 'E^f(f(nt,)> son of Shallum, one of the Ephraimitish leaders who, at the instance of the prophet Oded (([. v.), insisted upon the liberation and humane treatment of the captives taken and brought to Samaria in the incur- sion of Pekah upon the kingdom of Judah (2 Chron. xxviii, 12 ; comp. 8, 13, 15). B.C. cir. 738.