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Jeroham
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je-ro'-ham (high; merciful; beloved, may he be compassionate, cherished)
RELATED: Azareel, Joash, Samuel |
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
cherished; who finds mercy.
(1) Father of Elkanah, and grandfather of the prophet Samuel ( 1 Samuel 1:1 ).
(2) The father of Azareel, the "captain" of the tribe of Dan ( 1 Chronicles 27:22
).
(3) 1 Chronicles 12:7 ; a Benjamite.
(4) 2 Chronicles 23:1 ; one whose son assisted in placing Joash on the throne.
(5) 1 Chronicles 9:8 ; a Benjamite.
(6) 1 Chronicles 9:12 ; a priest, perhaps the same as in Nehemiah 11:12 .
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
high; merciful; beloved
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(cherished).
(1) Father of Elkanah, the father of Samuel, of the house of Kohath. ( 1 Samuel
1:1 ; 1 Chronicles 6:27 , 6:34 ) (B.C. before 1142.)
(2) A Benjamite, the founder of a family of Bene-Jeroham. ( 1 Chronicles 8:27
) Probably the same as Father (or progenitor) of Ibneiah. ( 1 Chronicles 9:8 )
comp. 1 Chronicles 9:3 and 9:9. (B.C. before 588.)
(3) A descendant of Aaron, of the house of Immer, the leader of the sixteenth
course of priests; son of Pashur, and father of Adaiah. ( 1 Chronicles 9:12 )
He appears to be mentioned again in ( Nehemiah 11:12 ) (B.C. before 586.)
(4) Jeroham of Gedor, some of whose sons joined David at Ziglag. ( 1 Chronicles
12:7 ) (B.C. before 1055.)
(5) A Danite, whose son or descendant Azareel was head of his tribe in the time
of David. ( 1 Chronicles 27:22 )
(6) Father of Azariah, one of the "captains of hundreds" in the time of Athaliah.
( 2 Chronicles 23:1 ) (B.C. before 876.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
je-ro'-ham (yerocham, "may he be compassionate!"):
(1) An Ephraimite, the father of Elkanah, and grandfather of Samuel (1 Samuel
1:1 ; 1 Chronicles 6:27 , 34)): Jerahmeel is the name in Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus,
in 1 Samuel and in Septuagint, L and manuscripts, in 1 Chronicles.
(2) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:27), apparently = JEREMOTH, (2) (compare 8:14),
and probably the same as he of 1 Chronicles 9:8.
(3) Ancestor of a priest in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:12 = Nehemiah 11:12).
(4) A man of Gedor, father of two of David's Benjamite recruits at Ziklag, though
Gedor might be a town in Southern Judah (1 Chronicles 12:7)).
(5) Father of Azarel, David's tribal chief over Dan (1 Chronicles 27:22).
(6) Father of Azariah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada in overthrowing
Queen Athaliah (2 Chronicles 23:1).
David Francis Roberts
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