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Jaala

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19152 verse references

Easton's 1897

A wild she-goat, one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned from the Captivity (Neh. 7:58).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

(wild she-goat). Bene-Jaala were among the descendants of "Solomon’s slaves" who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:58) (B.C. before 536.) The name also occurs as Ja-alah.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

ja'-a-la, ja-a'-la (ya`ala', meaning unknown, Ne 7:58) and (ya`alah, "mountain goat" (?), Ezr 2:56): The name of a family of returned exiles, "children of Solomon's servants" = "Jeeli" in 1 Esdras 5:33.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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