Zeph. i. 18. Exod. xx. 5. Paul's about his right, they solemnly anointholy jealousy over the Corinthians, ed him. He had reigned but three was an earnest concern for their wel-months, when Pharaoh, returning fare, and a holy fear that they had from Carchemish a conqueror, ordone, or might do, something wrong, dered him to attend him at Riblath, 2 Cor. xi. 7. stript him of his royalty, and carried JEBUSITES, inhabitants of Je-him a prisoner to Egypt, where he bus, a tribe of the Canaanites that died; and placed Jehoiakim, his eldwelt about Jerusalem, and the moun-der brother, who perhaps was then tainous country adjacent, Numb. xiii. a prisoner in Pharaoh's army, king 29. Joshua cut off multitudes of in his stead, 1 Chron. iii. 15. 2 them, and soon after Jerusalem was Kings xxiii. 30-32. Jer. xxii. 11. taken from them; but they quickly 2 Chron. xxxvi. 1—4. recovered it, Judg. i. 21. When, JEHOASH. See JoASH. about 400 years after, David at- JEHOIACHIN, preparation or tempted to wrest this city from them, strength of the Lord, CONIAH OP they rudely insulted him, as if their JECONIAH, the son of Jehoiakim, and blind and lame were capable to de- grandson of Josiah. It seems, his fend their well-fortified walls against father installed him when he was all his army. Joab, however, took but eight years of age; and after his the city, and no doubt killed multi-father's death, 4. M. 3404, he, at tudes of them. Yet numbers of them 18, succeeded to the sole governseem to have been spared, of which ment. After a short and wicked Araunah was one, 2 Sam. v. and reign of three months and ten days, xxiv. 16. Ekron shall be as a Je-Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, busite; the Philistines shall be re- came up and besieged Jerusalem; duced by, and incorporated with, the Jehoiachin, with Nehushta his moJewish nation; or shall be converted ther, and his wives, princes, and to Christianity by Jesus's power, as servants, surrendered themselves; the Jebusites were reduced by Da-and with the principal artificers, vid, Zech. ix. 7. judges, and warriors, to the number JEDUTHUN. See ETHAN. of 18,000, and the treasures, and JEHOAHAZ, the possession of part of the vessels of the temple, the Lord, or the Lord seeing, (1.) were carried to Babylon, Jer. xxii. The same as АHAZIAH, grandson of 24. 2 Kings xxiv. 8-16. 2 Chron. Jehoshaphat. (2.) The son of Jehu: xxxvi. 9, 10. After 37 years imhe wickedly followed the example of prisonment in Chaldea, Evil-meroJeroboam the son of Nebat. To pun-dach released him, and raised him to ish his and his people's wickedness, considerable dignity, 2 Kings xxv. God gave them up to the fury of Ha- 27-30. Jer. lii. 31-34. Jeremiah zael the Syrian, who reduced the ten was commanded by the Lord to write tribes to such a degree, that Jehoahaz him childless; but either that related had but ten chariots, 50 horsemen, only to his having no children sitand 10,000 footmen, left him in his sting on the throne of Judah, or he army. After he had reigned 17 years, had adopted a variety of chilfrom A. M. 3148 to 3165, he died, dren; for we find Salathiel, Malchiand Jehoash, who had been installed ram, Pedaiah, Shenazar, Jacamiah, two years before, became sole king, Hoshama, and Nedabiah, mentioned 2 Kings xiii. (3.) JEHOAHAZ, or as his children, Jer. xxii. 24-30. SHALLUM, the son of Josiah. He was 1 Chron. iii. 17, 18. Jechonias, in not the eldest; however, the people Matt. i. 11. seems to signify Jehoia judged him fittest to govern in that kim. critical juncture, when Pharaoh-ne- JEHOIADA. See JoASH. cho had but just killed his father; JEHOIAKIM, the avenging, or and, it seems, to prevent disputes confirmation of the Lord, the elder VOL. II. C JEHONADAB. See KENITES. son of Josiah. When Pharaoh-necho | submission to the conqueror's terms killed Josiah, he probably took Elia- was restored to his kingdom. After kim prisoner: in his return home, he he had continued three years a peacemade him king instead of Jehoahaz, ful tributary, he thought to have shachanged his name to Jehoiakim, and ken off the yoke. Nebuchadnezzar laid him under a tribute of 39,6931. detached a part of his army against 15s. sterling. This money Jehoiakim him, the rest being it seems employed exacted of his subjects according to in the siege of Nineveh: these, with their ability. At 25 years of age he bands of Syrians, Moabites, and Ambegan his reign, and sat on the throne monites, terribly harassed the king11 years. He wickedly oppressed dom of Judah. After four years, his subjects, to procure money to Nebuchadnezzar, having taken Nibuild himself a palace; he kept back neveh, came in person. Jehoiakim part of the hire of his workmen he was taken prisoner, put to death, and abandoned himself to inhumanity his body cast into a common sewer, and avarice, Jer. xxii. 13-23. he in the manner of the unburied carhated the prophets, who warned him cass of an ass, 2 Kings xxiv. 2 Chr. or his people to repent of their wick- xxxvi. Jer. xxii. 18, 19. and xxxvi. edness, or threatened the judgments 30. Perhaps Jehoiakim is put for of God against him. Urijah, one of the brother of Jehoiakim, viz. Zedethem, fled for his life into Egypt, kial; or the yokes were made under but Jehoiakim sent Elnathan the son Jehoiakim, but not sent till Zedekiah of Achbor, possibly his father-in-law, was king, Jer. xxvii. 1. with a troop, to bring him back; they then murdered him, and cast his corpse into the grave of the common people, Jer. xxvi. 20-23. judge, or the judgment of the Lord, In the fourth year of his reign, he the son of Asa king of Judah, by had a copy of Jeremiah's predictions Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. At35 brought before him by Elishama the years of age, he succeeded his father, scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, A. M. 3990, and reigned 25 years. Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gema- To strengthen himself against the riah the son of Shaphan, and Micha- kingdom of the ten tribes, he placed jah his son, and Zedekiah the son of strong garrisons in all the cities of JuHananiah. Jehudi, who perhaps was dah, and in those cities which his faa scribe, had scarcely read three or ther had taken from the Israelites. four leaves, when Jehoiakim, not-The more his riches and honour inwithstanding the intercession of El-creased, the more his heart was lifted nathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah, cut up in the ways of the Lord. In the the roll with a penknife, and cast it third year of his reign, he ordered Beninto the fire; and sent Jerahmeel the hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nathaniel, son of Hammelech, Seraiah the son and Michaiah, princes, with Elishama of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of and Jehoram, priests, and Shemaiah, Abdeel, to apprehend Jeremiah and Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, ShemBaruch; but the Lord knowing his iramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tomurderous intentions, kept them out bijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites, to of his hands. This did but draw go through the cities of Judah, and down new curses on his head. Ne- teach the people the law of the Lord. buchadnezzar having routed the ar- To reward his zeal, God made his my of Pharaoh at Carchemish, pur- neighbours to revere him: the Philissued his victory, rendered himself tines and Arabs brought him large premaster of Canaan and part of Phe-sents of flocks or money; while, benice. Jehoiakim was taken prisoner sides his garrisons, he had an enrolled in Jerusalem, and put in chains, to militia of 1,160,000 under his genebe carried to Babylon; but on his rals Adnab, Jehohanan, Amasian, Elada, and Jehozabad, 2 Chron. but the gathering of the spoil took xvii. Unhappily, he joined in affinity them up three days: the fourth day with the wicked AHAв, and married they observed a solemn thanksgiving his son Jehoram to Athaliah the to God, in the valley called, from daughter of Ahab. This occasioned that event, the valley of Berachah, his being at Samaria, and assisting or blessing. A few months after, Ahab to retake Ramoth-gilead from Jehoshaphat joined his fleet bound the Syrians; in which war, by the trea- for Tarshish, with that of the impious cherous artifice of Ahab, he had lost Ahaziah, elder son of Ahab. Achis life by the Syrian forces, had not cording to the prediction of Eliezer, God, at his request, moved them to the son of Dodavah, of Maresha, the leave him. On his return to Jeru- fleet was dashed to pieces by a storm salem, Jehu the son of Hanani, a pro- before Ezion-geber. Not very long phet, rebuked him sharply for assist- after, Jehoshaphat and his deputy, ing Ahab, a noted idolater; and as the king of Edom, marched with the sured him, that wrath from the Lord wicked Jehoram, second son of hung over his family and kingdom on Ahab, against the Moabites, and had that account. Taking this faithful all perished with thirst, had not Eliadmonition in good part, Jehosha- sha procured them a miraculous supphat applied himself with the utmost ply of water. Jehoshaphat was earnestness to establish the best civil scarcely dead, when the vengeance and religious order in his kingdom of God, occasioned by his alliance the sodomites, but not the high with the family of Ahab, in the time places, were removed. Scarcely was of his son Jehoram, and grandson this finished, when he was informed, Ahaziah, almost quite destroyed his that a powerful teague of Edomites, family, and reduced his kingdom to Ishmaelites, Hagaranes, Giblites, Mo- the most wretched condition, 1 Kings abites, Ammonites, Amalekites, Phi- xxii. and 2 Kings iii. 2 Chron. listines, Tyrians, and Ashurites, was xviii. to xx. Psal. lxxxiii. formed against him; and that the The Valley of Jehoshaphat, was eiarmy of Moabites, Ammonites, and ther the same with the valley of BeEdomites, were advanced to Engedi, rachah, or a valley between Jerusa a place about 38 miles south-east of lem and the mount of Olives; or Jerusalem. Fearing that the time of perhaps that mentioned by Joel, sigthreatening judgments was at hand, nifies no more than the valley or he and his people at Jerusalem ob-place where the Lord shall judge, served a solenin fast, to implore the and punish them, Joel iii. 2, 12. protection of heaven; and himself JEHOVAH, JAH, and ENYEнprayed, as the mouth of the multi- ASHER-EHYEH; I am that I am, or tude, in the new court of the temple. will be what I will be, are the incom His prayers were heard. Jahaziel, a municable names of God, and signify prophet, assured him of an easy and his absolute independency, self-exmiraculous victory, near the rock istence, eternity, and his being the Ziz, and on the east of the wilder-cause of existence to all creatures. ness of Jeruel. The very next day, Jel:ovah seems not to have been as the Hebrew singers before the much used in the primitive ages. It army began to praise the Lord, God is not compounded with any of their struck his enemies with a frenzy, names, nor is it found in the speeches that they murdered one another; and of Job or his friends: yet when God first the Edomites, who had a trea- says, that by his name JEHOVAH he cherous, and perhaps a principal, was not known to Abraham, Isaac, hand in this alliance, formed to root and Jacob, it means, that they had out the Israelites from under heaven, not seen it so fully displayed in his were destroyed. Jehoshaphat, and giving a being to, or fulfilling his prohis people had no occasion to fight; mises, as would soon be manifested, A Exod. vi. 2. This name, often ren- Jehu posted off in his chariot, to su dered LORD in our Bibles, is print- prise Joram at Jezreel. Informed ed in capital letters, to distinguish it of his approach, Joram sent one to from lord, signifying a governor. It meet him, and ask if all was well in is often joined in sacred inscriptions the army. At Jehu's orders, the with other words, as Jehovah-jireh, messenger joined the company. the Lord will see, or provide; Jeho- second messenger came up, and did vah-nissi, the Lord is my banner; Je- the same. Understanding, by the hovah-shalom, the Lord will perfect, furious driving of the chariot, that or send peace and Jehovah-shammah, it was like to be Jehu his general, the Lord is there. It is also com- Joram, and Ahaziah king of Judah, pounded with other words in a mul- who had come to visit him, set off titude of names, as in those begin- in their chariots to meet him. Joram ning with JEHо, and many of those asked Jehu, if all things in the army in Jo, and those ending with IAH. were well and at peace? Jehu told Whenever the name JEHOVAH is him, he needed expect no peace given to an angel, it signifies, that he while the whoredomas and witchcrafts is the Angel of the Covenant, that is, of Jezebel his mother were so many. the Son of God. Nor is it given to Joram cried to Ahaziah that cer the church in Jer. xxxiii. 16. for tainly a plot was laid for their life, the words would be better rendered, and fled off: but Jehu killed him He who shall call her, is the Lord our with an arrow shot after him; and righteousness; or, He shall be called ordered Bidkar to cast his dead body by her, the Lord our righteousness. into the field of NABOTн. By his The modern Jews superstitiously de-orders too, Ahaziah was pursued and cline pronouncing the name JEHO-slain. As Jehu rode through JezVAH.-Jevo, Jao, Jahoh, Jaou, Jaod, reel, Jezebel, with her face painted, and even the Juha of the Moors, seem looking out at a window, asked him, to be but different pronunciations of if Zimri, who slew his master, had much prosperity? Jehu, looking up,' JEHOVAH. JEHU, he that is, (1.) A prophet asked, if any body within favoured that rebuked BAASHA and JEHOSHA- him? and two or three eunuchs lookPHAT, 1 Kings xvi. 1-7. 2 Chron. ed out. At his orders, they immexix. 1, 2. (2.) The son of Jehosha-diately threw Jezebel out at the winphat, and grandson of Nimshi, cap-dow: the horses trod her to death, tain of the army to Joram, king of and in a few minutes the dogs eat up Israel. In consequence of a divine her whole body, except some prinappointment given to Elijah, Elisha, cipal bones, which Jehu ordered to about eleven years after his master's be interred. Having killed all that translation, sent a young prophet to pertained to Ahab in Jezreel, her anoint him to be king of Israel, as he dered the nobles of Samaria to s commanded the army at Ramoth-him the heads of the 70 childre gilead, in Jehoram's absence. The Ahab, who had been committe young prophet called him aside from their care. Next day he we his fellow-officers, carried him into Samaria, and having met 42 or ne a private chamber, anointed him near relations of Ahaziah, king of with oil in the name of the Lord; Judah, coming to visit Joram and his and told him, he should cut off the queen, he ordered them to be killed whole house of Ahab. The pro- on the spot. Going a little farther, phet immediately fled off, that he he met with Jonadab the son of Remight not be known. Jehu informed chab, and finding him hearty in his his fellows what had happened, interest, took him into his chariot, and they acknowledged him king. and bid him go and see his zeal After giving orders that none should for the Lord. When he came to stir from the camp to carry tidings, Samaria, he slew all that remained |