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Jaroah

יָרוֹחַ · ya.ro.ach · H33861 mention, all in 1 Chronicles

Who he was

Jaroah is briefly mentioned in 1 Chronicles 5:14 as part of a genealogy of the tribe of Gad. He is listed as the son of Gilead, who was a descendant of Gad, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. No further information is provided about Jaroah's life or his role within the tribe of Gad. The genealogy in this chapter traces the descendants of Gad, focusing on the families that settled in the region of Gilead. Jaroah's mention in the genealogy suggests that he was an ancestor of some of the Gadite families that lived in this area.

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Family

FatherGileadChildrenHuri
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Every mention

1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Chronicles 1 mention

1 Chronicles 5:14These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

What the dictionary says

(moon), a chief man of the tribe of Gad (1 Chronicles 5:14)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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