Jehoiada Jehoiada [JÔöÇ├┤hoi’adÔöÇ├ó]-JEHOVAH KNOWS or KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD. The father of Benaiah and one of David's officers. Probably the priest and leader of the Aaronites who brought thirty-seven hundred men to David at Ziklag (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23; 23:20, 22; 1 Kings 1; 2; 4:4; 1 Chron. 11:22, 24; 12:27; 18:17; 27:5). The high […]

James and John John’ name means: “Yahweh Has Been Gracious.” James’ name, a form of “Jacob,” means “He Grasps the Heel” (figuratively, “He Deceives”) Their work: James and his younger brother John were career fishermen working in their father’s business on the Sea of Galilee. …Their character: James was quiet and analytical; John was verbal […]

Jeroboam [JÔöÇ├▓robÔö╝├¼’am]…ENLARGES, STRUGGLER FOR THE PEOPLE or THE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME NUMEROUS. 1. The son of Nebat from Zereda in Manasseh, who became the first king of the ten tribes of Israel. This Ephraimite, Jeroboam I, reigned for twenty-two years. His mother's name was Zeruah, who was widowed at the time of his birth. This […]

Jeroham[JÔöÇ├▓r’ohÔöÇ├óm]…loved or he findeth mercy. 1.The father of Elkanah, and grandfather of Samuel …1 Samuel 1:1…There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, ofEphraim.…1 Chronicles 6:27, 34…Eliab, […]

“What should we learn from the life of Jezebel?”……Answer: "Jezebel" is a name synonymous with evil; she is the epitome of the wicked woman. So infamous is her name that, to this day, no one names their baby daughter "Jezebel." To call a woman a "Jezebel" is the greatest insult imaginable. Jezebel was the daughter […]

Jesse [JÔöÇ├▓s'se] jehovah exists or firm. The son of Obed and father of David, and grandson of Boaz and Ruth, and an ancestor of Christ (Ruth 4:17, 22). Jesse had eight sons and two daughters by different wives (1 Sam. 17:12-14, 25). Isaiah speaks of "the stock of Jesse," a phrase indicating that it was […]

Jethro [JÔöÇ├▓th’rÔö╝├¼]-pre-eminence or excellence. The father-in-law of Moses, and an Arab sheik and priest of Midian (Exod. 3:1, 4:1818:1-12). Called Reuel or Raguel meaning "friend of God" in Exodus 2:18 and Numbers 10:29, and Jether in Exodus 4:18.