IZHAR
IZHAR.—
1.
Son
of
Kohath
the
son
of
Levi
(Ex
6".
21,
Nu
3"
16',
1
Ch
6'-
"■
's
23'2-
");
patron.
Izharltes
(Nu
3",
1
Ch
24«
262»-
").
2.
A
Judahlte
(1
Ch
4').
IZLIAH.—
A
Benjamite
chief
(1
Ch
S'").
IZRAHIAH.—
A
chief
of
Issachai
(1
Ch
7').
JACHIN
,
IZRAHITES.—
Gentillc
name
in
1
Ch
27».
possibly
another
form
of
Zerahites,
vv."-
".
IZRI.—
Chief
of
one
of
the
Levitical
choirs
(1
Ch
25")
;
called
in
v.>
Zeri.
IZZIAH.
—
One
of
those
who
had
married
a
foreign
wife
(Ezr
10");
called
in
1
Es
9=»
leddias.
JAAEAN.
—
See
Beeroth-Bene-Jaakan.
JAAKOBAH.—
A
Simeonite
prince
(1
Ch
4»).
JAALA
(Neh
7")
or
JAALAH
(Ezr
2").—
The
name
of
a
family
of
the
'sons
of
Solomon's
servants'
who
returned
with
Zerubbabel;
called
in
1
Es
5^^
Jeeli.
JAAB.
—
A
Heb.
name
for
a
wood,
forest,
thicket,
occurring
about
fifty
times
in
the
OT.
It
occurs
once
as
a
proper
name,
namely
in
Ps
132«,
where,
speaking
of
the
ark,
the
Psalmist
says
that
it
was
heard
of
at
Ephrathah
and
toimd
at
Jaar.
The
parallelism
of
Hebrew
poetry
requires
that
Jaar
shall
be
regarded
here
as
set
over
against
Ephrathah.
The
ark
was
brought
from
the
region
of
Bethlehem
(Ephrathah),
yea,
from
the
woody
heights
of
Kiriath-jearim.
W.
F.
Cobb.
JAARE-ORECrlM.
—
According
to
2
S
21i>,
the
name
of
the
father
of
Elhanau,
one
of
David's
heroes;
but
according
to
1
Ch
20'
his
name
was
plain
Jalr.
Obvi-ously
oregim
("weavers')
has
crept
in
from
the
next
line.
See
Elhanan.
W.
F.
Cobb.
JAARESHIAH.—
A
Benjamite
chief
(1
Ch
8").
JAASIEL.—
The
'ruler'
of
Benjamin
(1
Ch
272'),
probably
identical
with
'the
Uezobaite
'
of
11".
JAASU
(Ezr
10"
Kethibh)
or
JAASAI
(Qct-5,
so
RVm.
—
One
of
those
who
had
married
foreign
wives.
JAAZANIAH.
—
1,
A
Judaean,
one
of
the
miUtary
commanders
who
came
to
Mizpah
to
give
in
their
allegiance
to
Gedaliah
(2
K
25«=Jer
40'
Jezaniah).
2.
A
chieftain
of
the
clan
of
the
Rechabites
(Jer
35').
3.
Son
of
Shaphan,
who
appeared
in
Ezekiel's
vision
as
ringleader
of
seventy
of
the
elders
of
Israel
in
the
practice
of
secret
idolatry
at
Jerusalem
(Ezk
8").
4.
Son.
of
Azzur,
against
whose
counsels
Ezekiel
was
commanded
to
prophesy
(Ezk
11'^).
JAAZIAH.—
A
son
of
Merari
(1
Ch
2i^-
").
JAAZIEL.
—
A
Levite
skilled
in
the
use
of
the
psaltery
(1
Ch
15");
caUed
in
v."
Aziel.
JABAL.
—
Son
of
Lamech
by
Adah,
and
originator
of
the
nomadic
form
of
life,
Gn
42"
(J).
JABBOE.
—
A
river
now
called
Nahr
ez-Zerka
('the
Blue
River'),
which
rises
near
AmmOn
the
ancient
Rabbath-ammon,
and
after
running
first
N.E.,
then
N.,
N.W.,
W.,
finally
bends
S.W.
to
enter
the
Jordan.
On
almost
the
whole
of
its
curved
course
of
60
miles
it
runs
through
a
deep
valley,
and
forms
a
natural
boundary.
On
its
curved
upper
reaches
it
may
be
said
practically
to
bound
the
desert,
while
the
deep
gorge
of
its
lower,
straighter
course
divides
the
land
of
Gilead
into
two
halves.
It
is
mentioned
as
a
frontier
in
Nu
2V*,
Dt
2"
3",
Jos
122,
jg
Ilia.
22.
The
Jabbok
is
famous
for
all
time
on
account
of
the
striking
incident
of
Jacob's
wrestling
there
with
the
Angel
(Gn
322*').
E.
W.
G.
Mastebman.
JABESH.
—
Father
of
Shallum,
who
usurped
the
kingdom
of
Israel
by
the
assassination
of
king
Zechariah
(2
K
15'°-
"•
").
JABESH,
JABESH-GILEAD.—
A
city
which
first
appears
in
the
story
of
the
restoration
of
the
Ben-
jamites
(Jg
21).
Probably
it
had
not
fully
recovered
from
this
blow
when
it
was
almost
forced
to
submit
to
the
disgraceful
terms
of
Nahash
the
Ammonite
(1
S
11).
In
gratitude
for
Saul's
relief
of
the
city,
the
inhabitants
rescued
his
body
from
maltreatment
by
the
Philistines
(1
S
31"-")
—
an
act
which
earned
them
the
commenda-tion
of
David
(2
S
2»).
According
to
the
Onomasticon,
the
site
is
6
Roman
miles
from
Pella.
The
name
seems
to
be
preserved
in
YaWs,
a
wady
tributary
to
the
Jordan,
which
runs
down
at
the
south
part
of
trans-Jordanic
Manasseh.
The
site
itself,
however,
is
not
yet
identified
with
certainty.
R.
A.
S.
Macalistee.
JABEZ.
—
1,
A
city
in
Judah
occupied
by
scribes,
the
descendants
of
Caleb
(1
Ch
2").
2.
A
man
of
the
family
of
Judah,
noted
for
his
'honourable'
character
(lCh4™);
called
Fa'&ete,
which
is
rendered
as
if
it
stood
for
yo'teSft,
'he
causes
pain.'
In
his
vow
(v.")
there
is
again
a
play
upon
his
name.
W.
Ewing.
JABDf
('[God]
perceives').
—
A
Canaanite
king
who
reigned
in
Hazor,
a
place
near
the
Waters
of
Merom,
not
far
from
Kedesh.
In
the
account,
in
Jg
4,
of
the
defeat
of
Jabin's
host
under
Sisera,
the
former
takes
up
quite
a
subordinate
position.
In
another
account
(Jos
11'")
of
this
episode
the
victory
of
the
two
tribes
of
Zebulun
and
Naphtali
is
represented
as
a
conquest
of
the
whole
of
northern
Canaan
by
Joshua.
Both
accounts
(Jos
11'-',
Jg
4)
are
fragments
taken
from
an
earlier,
and
more
elaborate,
source;
the
Jabin
in
each
passage
is
therefore
one
and
the
same
person.
W.
O.
E.
Oesterlet.
JABNEEL.
—
1.
A
town
on
the
N.
border
of
Judah,
near
Mt.
Baalah,
and
close
to
the
sea
(Jos
15").
In
2
Ch
26'
it
is
mentioned
under
the
name
Jabneh,
along
with
Gath
and
Ashdod,
as
one
of
the
cities
captured
from
the
Philistines
by
Uzziah.
Although
these
are
the
only
OT
references,
it
is
frequently
mentioned
(under
the
name
Jamnia)
in
the
Books
of
Maccabees
(1
Mac
4"
5S8
ions
i5<o,
2
Mac
12*-
'•
<")
and
in
Josephus.
Judas
is
said
to
have
burned
its
harbour;
it
was
captured
by
Simon
from
the
Syrians.
In
Jth
22*
it
is
called
Jemnaan.
After
various
vicissitudes
it
was
captured
in
the
war
of
the
Jews
by
Vespasian.
After
the
destruc-tion
of
Jerusalem,
Jabneel,
now
called
Jamnia,
became
the
home
of
the
Sanhedrin.
At
the
time
of
the
Crusades
the
castle
Ibelin
stood
on
the
site.
To-day
the
village
of
Yebna
stands
on
the
ruined
remains
of
these
ancient
occupations.
It
stands
170
feet
above
the
sea
on
a
prominent
hill
S.
of
the
Wady
Bviin.
The
ancient
Majumas
or
harbour
of
Jamnia
lies
to
the
West.
'
The
port
would
seem
to
be
naturally
better
than
any
along
the
coast
of
Palestine
S.
of
Csesarea'
(Warren).
2.
An
unknown
site
on
the
N.
boundary
of
Naphtali
not
far
from
the
Jordan
(Jos
19'').
E.
W.
G.
Mastebman.
JABNEH.
—
See
Jabneel.
JAOAN.—
A
Gadite
chief
(1
Ch
5").
JACHIN.—
1.
Fourth
son
of
Simeon
(Gn
46",
Ex
6'=)
called
in
1
Ch
i'"
Jarib;
in
Nu
26'2
the
patronymic
