Jehoram, Joram [JÔöÇ├┤hÔö╝├¼’ram,JÔö╝├¼’ram]-jehovah is high or exalted. 1. A son of Ahab, who became king of Israel after the brief reign of his brother Ahaziah (2 Kings 1:173:1, 69:242 Chron. 22:5-7). When Jehoram allied himself with Jehoshaphat, he paid tribute to the power of the king of Moab. He was not an imitator of the […]

Jehoshaphat [JÔöÇ├┤hÔö╝├àsh’aphÔöÇ├ót]…–jehovah is judge. A recorder during the reigns of David and Solomon (2 Sam. 8:161 Kings 4:31 Chron. 18:15). One of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:17). A son of Asa, king of Judah, who succeeded his father (1 Kings 15:2422). The Man with a Good Record Because he carried out the religious reforms of […]

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.