Topic
Asiel
5 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 4:35Smith · ISBE · Nave Grandfather of Jehu
And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
- 2 Esdras 14:24Smith · ISBE
But look thou prepare thee many box trees, and take with thee Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ecanus, and Asiel, these five which are ready to write swiftly;
- Genesis 46:24ISBE
¶ And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
- Joshua 19:9ISBE
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
- Tobit 1:1ISBE
The book of the words of Tobit, son of Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, the son of Aduel, the son of Gabael, of the seed of Asael, of the tribe of Nephthali;
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
- A Simeonite whose descendant Jehu lived in the reign of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:35)
- One of the five swift writers whom Esdras was commanded to take to write the law and the history of the world. 2 Esd. 14:24.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
a'-si-el, as'-i-el (Asiel; the King James Version Asael (Tobit 1:1)):
(1) Grandfather of Jehu, one of the Simeonite "princes" mentioned in 1Ch 4:35 as sharing Judah's inheritance (see Jos 19:9).
(2) A swift writer engaged by Ezra to transcribe the law (2 Esdras 14:24).
(3) An ancestor of Tobit (Tobit 1:1). Compare Jahzeel or Jahziel (Ge 46:24).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Grandfather of Jehu 1Ch 4:35
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.