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Jahath
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).
Named in the Bible
7 verses
- 1 Chronicles 4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
- 1 Chronicles 6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
- 1 Chronicles 23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 23:11 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 24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
- 2 Chronicles 34:12 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 instruments of musick.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
