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Numbers 1:10, 16-17, 44

Numbers 2:18-19

Numbers 7:48-53

Numbers 10:22

2 Samuel 5:16

2 Kings 25:25

1 Chronicles 2:41

1 Chronicles 3:6, 8

1 Chronicles 7:26

1 Chronicles 14:7

2 Chronicles 17:8

Jeremiah 36:12, 20-21

Jeremiah 41:1

(whom God hears)

  1. The “prince” or “captain” of the tribe of Ephraim in the wilderness of Sinai (Numbers 1:10, 16-17, 44; 2:18-19; 7:48-53; 10:22). From 1 Chronicles 7:26 we find that he was grandfather to the great Joshua.
  2. A son of King David (2 Samuel 5:16; 1 Chronicles 3:8; 14:7)
  3. Another son of David (1 Chronicles 3:6), who in the other lists is called Elishua
  4. A descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:41)
  5. The father of Nethaniah and grandfather of Ishmael (2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 41:1)
  6. Scribe of King Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:12, 20-21)
  7. A priest in the time of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:8)

Smith's Bible Names Dictionary (1866).

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