Jeiel

This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:

1. Chief in Reuben’s tribe (1 Chr 5:7).→ View encyclopedia entry

2. Benjamite who lived at Gibeon and an ancestor of Israel’s first king, Saul (1 Chr 8:29; 9:35).→ View encyclopedia entry

3. One of David’s mighty men (1 Chr 11:44). He is perhaps identical with #1 above.→ View encyclopedia entry

4. Levite gatekeeper in the sanctuary. He seems to have served as a musician also (1 Chr 15:18, 21; 16:5b). The Jeiel of 1 Chronicles 16:5a is probably a different musician.→ View encyclopedia entry

5. Levite descended from Asaph and an ancestor of a prophet named Jahaziel (2 Chr 20:14).→ View encyclopedia entry

6. Secretary for King Uzziah’s army, who kept or made military “rolls” or “musters” of the king’s troops (2 Chr 26:11).→ View encyclopedia entry

7. KJV and nlt spelling of Jeuel, Elizaphan’s descendant, in 2 Chronicles 29:13. See Jeuel #2.

8. Levite leader who contributed Passover offerings during King Josiah’s reign (2 Chr 35:9).→ View encyclopedia entry

9. KJV spelling of Jeuel, Adonikam’s descendant, in Ezra 8:13. See Jeuel #3.

10. Nebo’s descendant who was encouraged to divorce his foreign wife during the postexilic era (Ezr 10:43).→ View encyclopedia entry

From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.

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