“Did Jephthah sacrifice his daughter to the Lord?”……A judge of Israel, Jephthah, had made a foolish vow to the Lord that if God gave him victory in battle, he would sacrifice whatever first came out of his door when he came home (Judges 11:30-31). Jephthah's daughter was the first thing to come of out his […]
Jehoahaz, Joahaz [JÔöÇ├┤hÔö╝├¼’ahÔöÇ├óz] JEHOVAH UPHOLDS, HATH LAID HOLD or THE LORD THAT SEES. A son and successor of Jehu and father of Joash who reigned for seven years 2 Kings 10:35 When Jehu died, he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoahaz became the next king. 2 Kings 10:13…he met some relatives of King […]
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.