1. Jere.miaii (q. v.) the prophet (EccUis. xlix, 6 ; 2 JNIacc. XV, 14; Matt, xvi, 14).
2. (1 Esdr. ix, 34.) See Jekemai. Jer'emoth (Heb. Yerei/moth' , n'^i'n^, or Yei-e-
moth', T\i'Q'~i'^, heights), the name of several men. See also Jerijioth.
1. (Sept, 'lapfjiiwB'.) The last named of the three sons of Jlushi, grandson of Levi (1 Chron. xxiii, 23) ; called Jerimoth in 1 Chron. xxiv, 30. B.C. post 1856.
2. (Sept. 'Ifp(/tw3 V. r. 'Ifpijuoi'S.Vulg. Jerimoth, A. V. " Jerimoth.") One of the " sons" of Becher, son of Benjamin (1 Chron. vii, 8). B.C. apparently 1017.
3. (Sept. 'leptjuwS'.) A Levite, chief of the fifteenth division of Temple musicians as arranged by David (1 Chron. xxv, 22); probably the same called Jerijiotii in ver. 4. B.C. 1014.
4. (Sept. 'lacMfno^ V. r. 'Apijiw^.) One of the " sons" of Beriah, a Benjamite (1 Chron. viii. 14). B.C. appar. cir. 588.
5. (Sept. 'ItptjUwS' V. r. 'lapifitoB.) An Israelite, one of the " sons" ('? inhabitants) of Elam, who divorced his Gentile wife after the exile (Ezra x, 26). B.C. 459.
6. (lapixfoB V. r. ' Ani.io)^,yid<j;. ./e)-imuth.) Another Israelite, one of the "sons" (V inhabitants) of Zattu, who likewise divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity (Ezra X, 27). B.C. 459.
7. (Ezra x, 29, " and Ramoth.") See Ramoth. Jer'emy, a familiar form (1 Esdr. i, 28, 32, 47, 57 ;
ii, 1 ; 2 Esdr. ii, 18 ; Baruch vi, title ; 2 Mace, ii, 1, 5, 7 ; Matt, ii, 17 ; xxvii, 9) of the name of the prophet Jer- emiah (q. v.).
JEREISIV, Epistle of. See Jeremiah, Epistle of.
Jeri'ah (Heb. Yenycth', il'^''}'^,founded by Jehovah, otherwise ./earer of Jehovah, 1 Chron. xxvi, 31; Sept. 'liDpiciQ V. r. 'lofpiacVulg. Jeria, A. Vers. "Jerijah;" also in the paragogic form Yeriya'hn, ^il^";^ ; Sept. 'If- ptti in 1 Chron. xxiii, 19, but 'ItSiov in 1 Chron. xxiv, 23; Vulgate Jei-iiui, Auth. Vers. "Jeriah"), the first in rank of the " sons" of Hebron in the Levitical arrange- ments instituted by David (1 Chron. ut sup.). B.C. 1014.
Jer'ibai (Heb. Yeribay', ■^a"^"l% contentious; Sept. 'Iopi/3ni V. r. 'Iapij3l), a son of Elnaam, and (together Avith his brother joshaviah) one of David's famous body- guard (1 Chron. xi, 46). B.C. 1046.
Jer'icho (Heb. Yericho', ini"i;^, place of fraf/rance, prob. from balsamous herbs growing there ; Josh, ii, 1, 2, 3 ; iii, 16 ; iv, 13, 19 ; v, 10, 13 ; vi, 1, 2, 2.5, 26 ; vii, 2 ; viii, 2; ix, 3; x, 1, 28, 30; xii, 9; xiii, 32; xvi, 1, 7; xviii, 12, 21 ; xx, 8 ; xxiv, 11 ; 2 Kings ii, 4, 15, 18 ; also written in'H'', Yerecho', Numb, xxii, 1; xxvi, 3, 63; xxxi, 12; xxxiii, 48, 50; xxxiv, 15; xxxv, 1 ; xxxvi, 13: Deut. xxxii, 49 ; xxxiv, 1,3; 2Sam. x, 5; 2 Kings xxv, 5; 1 Chron. vi, 78; xix, 5; 2 Chron. xxviii, 15; Ezra ii, 34; Neh. iii, 2; vii, 36; Jer. xxxix, 5; Iii, 8; once r!n^~% Yerichoh', 1 Kings xvi, 34; Sept. and N. T. 'lipixi^, Josephus 'ItpixovQ [Gen. -ovvtoc] ; Strabo, xvi, 2, 41, 'IfpiKoDf ; Ptolem. v, 16, 7 ; ItpuKovQ ; Vulg.
Jericho; Justin. liter ichus), a city situated in a plain traversed by the Jordan, and exactly over against where that river was crosseil by the Israelites under Joshua (Josh, iii, 16). It is first mentioned m connection with their approach to Palestine ; they " pitched in the plains of Moab, on this sidfe Jordan by Jericho" (Numb, xxii, 1). It was then a large and strong city, and must have existed for a long period. The probability is that on the ciestruction of the cities of the plain by fire from heaven Jericho was founded, and perhaps by some who had resided nearer the scene of tlie catastrophe, but who al)aiid<>uc(l their houses in fear. Had tlie city existed in the time of Abraham and Lot, it would scarcely have escaped notice when the latter looketl down on the plain of Jordan from the heights of Bethel (Gen. xiii). From the manner in which it is referred to, and the I'requency witli which it is mentioned, it was evidently the most important city in the Jordan valley at the time of the ExikUis (Numb, xxxiv, 15; xXxi, 12; xxxv, 1, etc.). Such was cither its vicinity or the extent of its territory that (iilgal, which formed their primar}'- encampment, stood in its east border (Josh, iv, 19). That it liad a king is a very secondary consideration, for almost every • small town had one (xii, 9-24) ; in fact, monarchy was the only form of government known to those primitive times — the government of the people of God i)resenting a marked exception to prevailing usage. But Jericho was furtlier inclosed by walls — a fenced city — its walls were so considerable that at least one person (Rahab) had a house upon them (ii, 15), and its gates were shut, as throughout the East still, "when it was dark" (v, 5). Again, the spoil that was found in it betokened its af- fiuence — Ai, INIakkedah, Libnah, Lachish, Eglon, He- bron, Debir, and even Hazor, evidently contained noth- ing worth mentioning in comparison — besides sheep, oxen, and asses, we hear of vessels of brass and iron. These j^ossibly may have been the iirst-fruits of those brass foundries '• in the plain of Jordan" of which Solo- mon afterwards so largely availed himself (2 Chron. iv, 17). Silver and gold were found in such abundance that one man (Achan) coidd appropriate stealthily 200 shekels (100 oz. avoird.; see Lewis, Heb. Pep. vi, 57) of the former, and " a wedge of gold of 50 shekels (25 oz.) weight;" " a goodly Babylonish garmeiU," purlomed in the same dishonesty, may be adduced as evidence of a then existing commerce between Jericho and the far East (Josh, vi, 24; vii, 21). In fact, its situation alone — in so noble a plain, and contiguous to so jjrolific a river — would besjjeak its importance in a country where these natural advantages liave always been so highly prized, and in an age when people depended so much more upon the indigenous resources of nature than they are compelled to do now. Jericho was the city to which the two spies were sent by Joshua from Sliittim : they were lodged in the house of Rahab the harlot upon the' wall, and departed, having first promised to save her and all that were found in her house from destruction (.Josh, ii, 1-21). Tk2 account which the spies received from their hostess tended much to encourage the subse- quent operations of the Israelites, as it sliowed that the inhabitants of the country were greatly alarmed at their advance, and the signal miracles which liad marked their course from the Nile to the Jordan. Tlie strange manner in Avhich Jericho itself was taken (see Hacks, De ruina murorum Ilierichuntiorum, Jena, 1090) must have strengthened this impression in tlie country, and appears, indeed, to have been designed for that effect. The town was utterly destroyed by the Israelites. \vho pronounced an awful curse upon whoever should rebuild it; and all the inhabitants were put to the sword, ex- cept Rahab and her family (Josh. vi). Her house was recognised by the scarlet line bound in tlie ^vindow from wliich the spies were let down, and she and her relatives were taken out of it, and '-lodged without the camp;" but it is nowhere said or impUed tliat her house escaped the general confiagration. That she '• dwelt in Israel" for the future; that she married Salmon, son of Naas-