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95201 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Ivory.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 18:12 ). It was used by the Phoenicians to ornament the box-wood rowing-benches of their galleys, and Hiram’s skilled workmen made Solomon’s throne of ivory …

95202 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jaanai.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Jaanai — mourner, one of the chief Gadites ( 1 Chronicles 5:12 ).

95203 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jaazer.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… , and 12 from Heshbon. “The vineyards that once covered the hill-sides are gone; and the wild Bedawin from the eastern desert make cultivation of any kind impossible …

95204 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jabbok.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Joshua 12:1-5; Numbers 21:24 ); also between the tribe of Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh ( Numbers 21:24; Deuteronomy 3:16 ). In its course westward across the …

95205 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jacob.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ; Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and …

95207 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jacob.10 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Hosea 12:3, Hosea 12:4, Hosea 12:12 ) and Malachi ( Malachi 1:2 ). In Micah 1:5 the name is a poetic synonym for Israel, the kingdom of the ten tribes. There are, besides the …

95208 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jaddua.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

(2.) The last high priest mentioned in the Old Testament ( Nehemiah 12:11, Nehemiah 12:22 ), sons of Jonathan.

95209 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jahath.4 (Matthew G. Easton)

(3.) A Levite of the family of Merari, one of the overseers of the repairs of the temple under Josiah ( 2 Chronicles 34:12 ).

95210 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jahaziel.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

(2.) A Benjamite chief who joined David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:4 ).

95211 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jahzerah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Jahzerah — returner, the son of Meshullam, and father of Adiel ( 1 Chronicles 9:12 ).

95212 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jakim.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Jakim — establisher. (1.) Chief of the twelfth priestly order ( 1 Chronicles 24:12 ).

95213 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. James.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Acts 12:1, Acts 12:2 ), A.D. 44. (Comp. Matthew 4:21; Matthew 20:20-23 ).

95214 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. James.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Acts 12:17; Acts 15:13-29; Acts 21:18-24 ). This James was the author of the epistle which bears his name.

95215 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Japhia.4 (Matthew G. Easton)

(3.) A town in the southern boundary of Zebulum ( Joshua 19:12 ); now Yafa, 2 miles south-west of Nazareth.

95216 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jasher.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 10:12, Joshua 10:13 ); and (2) “the Song of the Bow,” that beautiful and touching mournful elegy which David composed on the occasion of the death of Saul and Jonathan …

95217 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jashobeam.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… Chronicles 12:6 ). He was the first of the three who broke through the host of the Philistines to fetch water to David from the well of Bethlehem ( 2 Samuel 23:13 …

95218 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jealousy, Waters of.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Jealousy, Waters of — water which the suspected wife was required to drink, so that the result might prove her guilt or innocence ( Numbers 5:12-17, Numbers 5:27 ). We have no record of this form of trial having been actually resorted to.

95219 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jediael.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

(2.) A Shimrite, one of David’s bodyguard ( 1 Chronicles 11:45 ). Probably same as in 1 Chronicles 12:20 .

95220 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jedidiah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Jedidiah — beloved by Jehovah, the name which, by the mouth of Nathan, the Lord gave to Solomon at his birth as a token of the divine favour ( 2 Samuel 12:25 ).