Topic
Jeiel
16 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 5:7Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Also called JEHIEL — A Reubenite
And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
- 1 Chronicles 16:5Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. A Levite and chorister in the tabernacle services
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
- 2 Chronicles 26:11Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 6. A scribe during the reign of Uzziah
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
- 2 Chronicles 35:9Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 8. A chief of the Levites who gave, with other chiefs, five-thousand five-hundred “small cattle” for sacrifice
Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
- Ezra 8:13Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 9. A son of Adonikam, an exile who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra
And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
- Ezra 10:43Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 10. A priest who was defiled by marriage to an idolatrous woman
Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
- 1 Chronicles 15:18Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. A Levite and chorister in the tabernacle services
And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
- 1 Chronicles 15:21Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. A Levite and chorister in the tabernacle services
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
- 2 Chronicles 20:14Smith · ISBE · Nave 5. A Levite, ancestor of Jehaziel, who encouraged Judah against their enemies
¶ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
- 2 Chronicles 29:13Easton · Smith · Nave 7. A Levite who cleansed the temple
And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
- 1 Chronicles 8:29Easton · ISBE
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:
- 1 Chronicles 9:35Easton · Nave 2. A Benjamite
¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah:
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- 1 Chronicles 11:44 ISBE · Nave 3. One of David's heroes
- 1 Chronicles 15:24 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 29:14 ISBE
- 1 Esdras 9:35 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 9 references
Snatched away by God. (1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr. 9:35; 8:29).
(2.) One of the Levites who took part in praising God on the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 16:5).
(3.) 2 Chr. 29:13. A Levite of the sons of Asaph.
(4.) 2 Chr. 26:11. A scribe.
(5.) 1 Chr. 5:7. A Reubenite chief.
(6.) One of the chief Levites, who made an offering for the restoration of the Passover by Josiah (2 Chr. 35:9).
(7.) Ezra 8:13.
(8.) Ezra 10:43.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 10 references
- A Reubenite of the house of Joel. (1 Chronicles 5:7)
- A Merarite Levite, one of the gate-keepers to the sacred tent. (1 Chronicles 15:18) His duty was also to play the harp, ver. (1 Chronicles 15:21) or the psaltery and harp, (1 Chronicles 16:5) in the service before the ark. (B.C. 1043.)
- A Gershonite Levite, one of the Bene-Asaph, forefather of Jahaziel in the time of King Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 20:14) (B.C. 910.)
- The scribe who kept the account of the numbers of King Uzziah’s irregular predatory warriors. (2 Chronicles 26:11) (B.C. 803.)
- A Gershonite Levite, one of the Bene-Elizaphan. (2 Chronicles 29:13)
- One of the chiefs of the Levites in the time of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 35:9) (B.C. 623.)
- One of the Bene-Adonikam who formed part of the caravan of Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem. (Ezra 8:13) (B.C. 459.)
- A layman of the Bene-Nebo, who had taken a foreign wife and had to relinquish her. (Ezra 10:43) (B.C. 459.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 17 references
je-i'-el (ye`i'el, meaning unknown):
(1) A Reubenite (1Ch 5:7).
(2) In 1Ch 8:29, added in the Revised Version (British and American) from 9:35, where Kethibh is "Jeuel," an ancestor of King Saul; the King James Version "Jehiel."
(3) One of David's mighty men (1Ch 11:44). the King James Version is "Jehiel"; Kethibh is "Jeuel."
(4) A Levite, keeper of the ark with Obed-edom (1Ch 15:18,21; 16:5; 2Ch 20:14), called "Jehiah" in 1Ch 15:24.
(5) A Levite (1Ch 16:5) = "Jaaziel" of 1Ch 15:18 (which see).
(6) A scribe under King Uzziah (2Ch 26:11).
(7) A chief of the Levites, present at King Josiah's great Passover feast (2Ch 35:9).
(8) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:43) = "Juel" in 1 Esdras 9:35.
(9) the King James Version in 2Ch 29:14; see JEHIEL, (5).
(10) the King James Version in Ezr 8:13; see JEUEL, (3).
David Francis Roberts
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 12 references, grouped by sub-topic
- 1. Also called JEHIEL
- A Reubenite 1Ch 5:7
- 2. A Benjamite 1Ch 9:35
- 3. One of David's heroes 1Ch 11:44
- 4. A Levite and chorister in the tabernacle services 1Ch 15:18,21; 16:5
- 5. A Levite, ancestor of Jehaziel, who encouraged Judah against their enemies 2Ch 20:14
- 6. A scribe during the reign of Uzziah 2Ch 26:11
- 7. A Levite who cleansed the temple 2Ch 29:13
- 8. A chief of the Levites who gave, with other chiefs, five-thousand five-hundred “small cattle” for sacrifice 2Ch 35:9
- 9. A son of Adonikam, an exile who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra Ezr 8:13
- → 10. A priest who was defiled by marriage to an idolatrous woman Ezr 10:43
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.