Jehiel

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

“Jehiel” means God lives; treasured of God

  1. One of the Levites appointed by David to assist in the service of the house of God. (1 Chronicles 15:18,20; 16:5)
  2. One of the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, put to death by his brother Jehoram. (2 Chronicles 21:2,4) (B.C. 887.)
  3. One of the rulers of the house of God at the time of the reforms of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 35:8) (B.C. 623.)
  4. A Gershonite Levite, (1 Chronicles 23:8) who had charge of the treasures. ch. (1 Chronicles 28:8)
  5. A son of Hachmoni named in the list of David's officers, (1 Chronicles 27:32) as "with the king's sons," whatever that may mean.
  6. A Levite who took part in the restorations of King Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 29:14) (B.C. 726.)
  7. Another Levite at the same period. (2 Chronicles 31:13)
  8. Father of Obadiah, of the Bene-Joab. (Ezra 8:9) (B.C. before 459.)
  9. One of the Bene-Elam, father of Shechaniah. (Ezra 10:2)
  10. A member of the same family, who himself had to part with his wife. (Ezra 10:26)
  11. A priest, one of the Bene-Harim, who also had to put away his foreign wife. (Ezra 10:21) (B.C. 459.)

a perfectly distinct name from the last.

  1. A man described as father of Gibeon; a fore-father of King Saul. (1 Chronicles 9:35)
  2. One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite; a member of David's guard. (1 Chronicles 11:44) (B.C. 1046.)
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