Jeiel

JEIEL je-i'-el (ye`i'el, meaning unknown):

(1) A Reubenite (1 Chronicles 5:7).

(2) In 1 Chronicles 8:29, added in the Revised Version (British and American) from 9:35, where Kethibh is "Jeuel," an ancestor of King Saul; the King James Version "Jehiel."

(3) One of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:44). the King James Version is "Jehiel"; Kethibh is "Jeuel."

(4) A Levite, keeper of the ark with Obed-edom (1 Chronicles 15:18,21; 16:5; 2 Chronicles 20:14), called "Jehiah" in 1 Chronicles 15:24.

(5) A Levite (1 Chronicles 16:5) = "Jaaziel" of 1 Chronicles 15:18 (which see).

(6) A scribe under King Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:11).

(7) A chief of the Levites, present at King Josiah's great Passover feast (2 Chronicles 35:9).

(8) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:43) = "Juel" in 1 Esdras 9:35.

(9) the King James Version in 2 Chronicles 29:14; see JEHIEL, (5).

(10) the King James Version in Ezra 8:13; see JEUEL, (3).

David Francis Roberts

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JEIEL'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.