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Jehiel

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By: George A. Morrish

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1. A Levite, musician and door-keeper in the time of David (1 Chron. 15:18, 20¹⁸And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. (1 Chronicles 15:18)
²⁰And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; (1 Chronicles 15:20); 1 Chron. 16:5⁵Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; (1 Chronicles 16:5)).

2. Son of Laadan, a Gershonite: he had charge of the treasures (1 Chron. 23:8⁸The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. (1 Chronicles 23:8); 1 Chron. 29:8⁸And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. (1 Chronicles 29:8)).

3. Son of Hachmoni, and a companion of David’s sons (1 Chron. 27:32³²Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: (1 Chronicles 27:32)).

4. Son of Jehoshaphat, slain by Jehoram (2 Chron. 21:2²And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. (2 Chronicles 21:2)).

5. Son of Heman, a Levite (2 Chron. 29:14¹⁴And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. (2 Chronicles 29:14)).

6. Levite, set over the dedicated things (2 Chron. 31:13¹³And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. (2 Chronicles 31:13)).

7. A “ruler of the house of God” (2 Chron. 35:8⁸And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. (2 Chronicles 35:8)).

8. Ancestor of some who returned from exile (Ezra 8:9⁹Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. (Ezra 8:9)).

9. Father of Sheohaniah, who supported Ezra in the matter of the strange wives (Ezra 10:2²And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. (Ezra 10:2)).

10-11. Two who had married strange wives (Ezra 10:21, 26²¹And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. (Ezra 10:21)
²⁶And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. (Ezra 10:26)).

12. Father of Gibeon, ancestor of Saul (1 Chron. 9:35³⁵And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah: (1 Chronicles 9:35)).

13. Son of Hothan and one of David’s valiant men (1 Chron. 11:44⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, (1 Chronicles 11:44)).

In Nos. 12 and 13 the Hebrew is different from the others.

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