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Jahath
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Jahath. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Union.
Jahath (1)
#A son of Shimei, and grandson of Gershom (1 Chr. 23:10).
Jahath (2)
#One of the sons of Shelomoth, of the family of Kohath (1 Chr. 24:22).
Jahath (3)
#A Levite of the family of Merari, one of the overseers of the repairs of the temple under Josiah (2 Chr. 34:12).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(union).
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.)
In the Bible
7
Verses where Jahath is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 4:2
Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans 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: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.
- 1 Chronicles 23:11
Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.
- 1 Chronicles 24:22
From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.
+1 more verse naming Jahath.
Scripture on Jahath
5
Jahath references
14
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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