Jehiel

God’s living one. (1.) The father of Gibeon (1 Chr. 9:35).

(2.) One of David’s guard (1 Chr. 11:44).

(3.) One of the Levites “of the second degree,” appointed to conduct the music on the occasion of the ark’s being removed to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:18, 20).

(4.) A Hachmonite, a tutor in the family of David toward the close of his reign (1 Chr. 27:32).

(5.) The second of Jehoshaphat’s six sons (2 Chr. 21:2).

(6.) One of the Levites of the family of Heman who assisted Hezekiah in his work of reformation (2 Chr. 29:14).

(7.) A “prince” and “ruler of the house of God” who contributed liberally to the renewal of the temple sacrifices under Josiah (2 Chr. 35:8).

(8.) The father of Obadiah (Ezra 8:9).

(9.) One of the “sons” of Elam (Ezra 10:26).

(10.) Ezra 10:21.

(treasured of God), 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.)

(God lives).

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.)

je-hi'-el, je-hi'-e-li (yechi'el, "may God live!"):

(1) A Levite, one of the musicians appointed to play upon instruments at the bringing up of the ark by David (1Ch 15:18,20; 16:5); (yechi'eli): A patronymic of this name (1Ch 26:21,22), but Curtis (Chronicles, 286-87) reads "Jehiel (1Ch 26:21) and he is brethren Zetham and Joel" (1Ch 26:22); compare 1Ch 23:8, where the three seem to be brothers. See (2) above.

(2) A Gershonite, head of a Levitical house (1Ch 23:8; 29:8).

(3) Son of a Hachmonite; he was "with the king's (David's) sons," i.e. their tutor (1Ch 27:32).

(4) A son of King Jehoshaphat (2Ch 21:2).

(5) In 2Ch 29:14 the King James Version, where Qere is yechu'el, the Revised Version (British and American) "Jehuel," a Hermanite Levite who took part in cleansing the temple in Hezekiah's reign.

(6) An overseer in Hezekiah's reign (2Ch 31:13).

(7) One of the three "rulers" of the temple in Hezekiah's reign (2Ch 35:8).

(8) Father of Obadiah, a returned exile (Ezr 8:9) = "Jezelus" of 1 Esdras 8:35.

(9) Father of Shecaniah (Ezr 10:2) = "Jeelus" of 1 Esdras 8:92. He was a "son" of Elam, and so probably the same as "Jehiel" in Ezr 10:26, one of those who had married foreign wives = "Jezrielus" of 1 Esdras 9:27.

(10) A "son" of Harim, and one of those who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:21) = "Hiereel" of 1 Esdras 9:21.

(11) The King James Version in 1Ch 9:35 = JEIEL (q.v. (2)).

(12) The King James Version in 1Ch 11:44 = JEIEL (q.v. (3)).

David Francis Roberts