Topic
Jahath
7 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 23:10Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Name of four Levites
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 24:22Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Name of four Levites
Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
- 2 Chronicles 34:12Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Name of four Levites
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of…
- 1 Chronicles 4:2Smith · ISBE · Nave Name of four Levites
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
- 1 Chronicles 6:20Smith · ISBE
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
- 1 Chronicles 23:11Smith · Nave Name of four Levites
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.
- 1 Chronicles 6:43ISBE
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Union. (1.) A son of Shimei, and grandson of Gershom (1 Chr. 23:10).
(2.) One of the sons of Shelomoth, of the family of Kohath (1 Chr. 24:22).
(3.) A Levite of the family of Merari, one of the overseers of the repairs of the temple under Josiah (2 Chr. 34:12).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
- Son of Libni, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. (1 Chronicles 6:20) (B.C. after 1706.)
- Head of a later house in the family of Gershom, being the eldest son of Shimei, the son of Laadan. (1 Chronicles 23:10,11)
- A man in the genealogy of Judah, (1 Chronicles 4:2) son of Reaiah ben-Shobal.
- A Levite, son of Shelomoth. (1 Chronicles 24:22)
- A Merarite Levite in the reign of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 34:12) (B.C. 623.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
ja'-hath (yachath, perhaps for yachteh, yachatheh, "he (God) will snatch up"):
(1) Son of Reaiah, son of Shobal, a descendant of Judah, and father of Ahumai and Lahad, the families of the Zorathites (1Ch 4:2).
(2) A frequent name for a descendant of Levi:
(a) Son of Libni, son of Gershom, the eldest son of Levi (1Ch 6:20,43 (Hebrew 6:5,28), where "son of Libni" is omitted).
(b) Son of Shimei, son of Gershom (1Ch 23:10 f).
(c) One of the "sons" of Shelomoth, a descendant of Izhar, son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (1Ch 24:22).
(d) A descendant of Merari, the third son of Levi, and an overseer in the repairing of the temple in the reign of Josiah (2Ch 34:12).
James Crichton
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); 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.