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Jehiel
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or JEHIEL. 1. One of David’s chief musicians ( 1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:20; 1 Chronicles 16:5 ). 2. A chief of the Levites ( 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 29:8 ). 3. One who was ‘with (= tutor of?) the king’s sons’ ( 1 Chronicles 27:32 ). 4. One of Jehoshaphat’s sons ( 2 Chronicles 21:2 ). 5. One of Hezekiah’s ‘overseers’ ( 2 Chronicles 31:13 ). 6. A ruler of the house of God in Josiah’s reign ( 2 Chronicles 35:8 ). 7. The father of Obadiah, a returned exile ( Ezra 8:9 ); called in 1Es 8:35 Jezelus . 8. Father of Shecaniah ( Ezra 10:2 ); called in 1Es 8:92 Jeelus , perhaps identical with 9. One of those who had married foreign wives ( Ezra 10:26 ); called in Esther 9:27 Esther 9:27 Jezrielus. 10. A priest of the sons of Harim who had married a foreign wife ( Ezra 10:21 ); called in Esther 9:21 Esther 9:21 Hiereel .
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Jehiel'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/j/jehiel.html. 1909.
