Topic
Jashen
5 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.
- 2 Samuel 23:32Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Father of one of David's heroes
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
- 1 Chronicles 11:34Easton · ISBE
The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
- Genesis 46:24ISBE
¶ And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
- Numbers 26:48ISBE
¶ Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
- 1 Chronicles 11:33ISBE
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Sleeping, called also Hashem (1 Chr. 11:34); a person, several of whose sons were in David’s body-guard (2 Sam. 23:32).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
ja'-shen, jash'-en (yashen, "asleep"(?)): Seemingly the father of some of David s thirty valiant men (2Sa 23:32 f). The Massoretic Text reads "Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, Shammah the Hararite, .... " 1Ch 11:33 f has Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite .... " It is clear that "sons of" are a dittography of the last three consonants of the previous word. Septuagint, Lucian in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles has ho Gouni, "the Gunite," for "the Gizonite," perhaps correctly (compare Ge 46:24; Nu 26:48 for "Guni," "Gunite"). So 2Sa 23:32 may be corrected thus: "Eliahba the Shaalbonite, Jashen the Gunite, Jonathan the son of Shammah the Hararite." Jashen then becomes one of the thirty = "Hashem" of 1Ch 11:34.
David Francis Roberts
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Father of one of David's heroes 2Sa 23:32
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.