Jahath

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ja'hath. (Union).

1. Son of Libni, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.  1 Chronicles 6:20. (B.C. After 1706).

2. Head of a later house, in the family of Gershom, being the eldest son of Shimei, the son of Laadan.  1 Chronicles 23:10-11.

3. A man, in the genealogy of Judah,  1 Chronicles 4:2, son of Reaiah ben-Shobal.

4. A Levite, son of Shelomoth.  1 Chronicles 24:22.

5. A Merarite Levite, in the reign of Josiah.  2 Chronicles 34:12. (B.C. 623).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jahath'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jahath.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  1 Chronicles 6:20;  1 Chronicles 6:39;  1 Chronicles 6:43.

2.  1 Chronicles 23:10-11.

3.  1 Chronicles 24:22.

4.  1 Chronicles 4:2. Identified by some with Haoeh. (See Haroeh .)

5.  2 Chronicles 34:12.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Jahath 1. A grandson of Judah (  1 Chronicles 4:2 ). 2. A great-grandson of Levi (  1 Chronicles 6:20;   1 Chronicles 6:43 ). 3. A son of Shimei (  1 Chronicles 23:10 ). 4. One of the ‘sons’ of Shelomoth (  1 Chronicles 24:22 ). 5. A Merarite Levite in the time of Josiah (  2 Chronicles 34:12 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Reaiah, a descendant of Judah.  1 Chronicles 4:2 .

2. Son of Libni, a Gershonite.  1 Chronicles 6:20,43 .

3. Son of Shimei, a Gershonite.  1 Chronicles 23:10,11 .

4. Son of Shelomoth, a descendant of Levi.  1 Chronicles 24:22 .

5. Descendant of Merari, and an overseer at the repairing of the temple under Josiah.  2 Chronicles 34:12 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 4:2 2 1 Chronicles 6:20 1 Chronicles 6:43 3 1 Chronicles 23:10-11 4 1 Chronicles 24:22 5 2 Chronicles 34:12

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Yach'ath, יִחִת , prob. for יִחֶדֶת Union; Sept. Ι᾿Έθ , but Ι᾿Εέθ in  1 Chronicles 6:43, and Ι᾿Γάθ v.r. Ι᾿Άθ in  1 Chronicles 24:22), the name of a descendant of Judah and of several Levites.

1. A son of Shimei and grandson of Gershom, the son of Levi ( 1 Chronicles 23:10); yet no such son is mentioned in  1 Chronicles 23:9, where the three sons of Shimei are by some error (probably the transposition of the latter clause) attributed to his brother Laadan, while in  1 Chronicles 23:11 Jahath is stated to have been "chief" (i.e. most numerous in posterity) of the four sons of Shimei. A similar disagreement appears in the. parallel passage (1 Chronicles 6), where Jahath ( 1 Chronicles 6:43) occurs as the son of Gershom (prob. by the transposition of Shimei's name into the preceding verse), and again ( 1 Chronicles 6:20) as a son of Libnah (i.e. Laadan), instead of Shimei (comp. Zimnah, the son of Jahath,  1 Chronicles 6:20;  1 Chronicles 6:42). B.C. considerably post 1856.

2. Son of Reaiah (or Haroeh), of the posterity of Hezron, and father of two sons ( 1 Chronicles 4:2). B.C. post 1612.

3. One of the sons of Shelomoth (or Shelomith). a descendant of Izhar, of the family of Kohath, appointed to a prominent place in the sacred services by David ( 1 Chronicles 24:22). B.C. 1014.

4. One of the Levitical overseers of the Temple repairs instituted by Josiah; he belonged to the family of Merari ( 2 Chronicles 34:12). B.C. 623.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jā´hath ( יחת , yaḥath , perhaps for יחתּה , yaḥteh , יחתה , yaḥătheh , "he (God) will snatch up"):

(1) Son of Reaiah, son of Shobal, a descendant of Judah, and father of Ahumai and Lahad, the families of the Zorathites ( 1 Chronicles 4:2 ).

(2) A frequent name for a descendant of Levi:

( a ) Son of Libni, son of Gershom, the eldest son of Levi (  1 Chronicles 6:20 ,  1 Chronicles 6:43 (  Hebrews 6:5 , 28), where "son of Libni" is omitted).

( b ) Son of Shimei, son of Gershom (  1 Chronicles 23:10 f).

( 100 ) One of the "sons" of Shelomoth, a descendant of Izhar, son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (  1 Chronicles 24:22 ).

( d ) A descendant of Merari, the third son of Levi, and an overseer in the repairing of the temple in the reign of Josiah (  2 Chronicles 34:12 ).