Reference: Jerahmeel
Hastings
JERAHMEEL ('May El have compassion!') 1. A non-Israelite clan in the extreme S. of Palestine, with which David cultivated friendly relations during his exile (1Sa 27:10; 30:29). After Saul's death the Jerahmeelites formed part of the little principality over which he reigned in Hebron. How indistinct the recollection of them was appears from the various forms assumed by their name in MSS of the Septuagint: Jesmega, Isramelei, Aermon, Israel, Jeramelei. Subsequently they were considered to have been a Judahite clan (1Ch 2:9,25 ff., 1Ch 2:35-42 : here Jerahmeel is Caleb's elder brother; the list of his descendants in 1Ch 2:35-42 is of later origin than 1Ch 2:9,25-27 and brings them down to the Chronicler's day). We have no historical or other records connected with these names, save that Molid (1Ch 2:29) is a town mentioned elsewhere (Jos 19:2; Ne 11:26). 2. Septuagint and Old Lat. read 'Jerahmeel' at 1Sa 1:1 as the name of Samuel's grandfather. In all probability the Jeroham of Massoretic Text is an abbreviated form, like Jacob for Jacob-el, or the Yarkhamu found in a Babylonian list of Hammurabi's time. 3. One of the three men ordered by Jehoiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch (Jer 36:26). AV follows Vulgate (filio Amelech), calling him 'son of Hammelech': RV, with Septuagint, 'the king's son.' He was a scion of the royal house, but not necessarily a child of Jehoiakim. 4. In a list of Levites (1Ch 24:20-31) drawn up considerably later than that in 1Ch 23:6 ff., Jerahmeel's name is added as son of Kish (Massoretic Text 'sons': the text is in a confused state). There must at the time have been a division of Levites called after him, and not, as previously, after Kish.
J. Taylor.
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And there was a certain man, of Ramathaim-zuphi, of the hill country of Ephraim, - whose name, was Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite;
Then said Achish, Whither have ye made a raid, to-day? And David said - Against the South of Judah, or against the South of the Jerahmeelites, or as far as the South of the Kenites.
and to them who were in Racal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerameelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites,
And the sons of Jerahmeel firstborn of Hezron were, the firstborn, Ram, - and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem of Ahijah.
And the sons of Jerahmeel firstborn of Hezron were, the firstborn, Ram, - and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem of Ahijah. And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name, was Atarah, - the same, was the mother of Onam. read more. And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerameel, were, - Maaz and Jamin, and Eker.
And, the name of the wife of Abishur, was Abihail, - and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
so Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant, to wife, - and she bare him Attai.
so Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant, to wife, - and she bare him Attai. And, Attai, begat Nathan, and, Nathan, begat Zabad;
And, Attai, begat Nathan, and, Nathan, begat Zabad; and, Zabad, begat Ephlal, and, Ephlal, begat Obed;
and, Zabad, begat Ephlal, and, Ephlal, begat Obed; and, Obed, begat Jehu, and, Jehu, begat Azariah;
and, Obed, begat Jehu, and, Jehu, begat Azariah; and, Azariah, begat Helez, and, Helez, begat Eleasah;
and, Azariah, begat Helez, and, Helez, begat Eleasah; and, Eleasah, begat Sismai, and, Sismai, begat Shallum;
and, Eleasah, begat Sismai, and, Sismai, begat Shallum; and, Shallum, begat Jekamiah, and, Jekamiah, begat Elishama.
and, Shallum, begat Jekamiah, and, Jekamiah, begat Elishama. Now, the sons of Caleb, brother of Jerahmeel, were, Mesha his firstborn, the same, was the father of Ziph, - and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
Now, the sons of Caleb, brother of Jerahmeel, were, Mesha his firstborn, the same, was the father of Ziph, - and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
And David divided them into courses, - pertaining to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Now, as for the sons of Levi who remained, of the sons of Amram, Shubael, of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. Of Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the chief Isshiah; read more. of the Izharites, Shelomoth, - of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath; and, the sons of Hebron , Jeriah, - Amariah, the second, Jehaziel, the third, Jekameam, the fourth; the sons of Uzziel, Micah, of the sons of Micah, Shamir; the brother of Micah, Isshiah, of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi, - the sons of Jaaziah, Beno; the sons of Merari, of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri: of Mahli, Eleazar, who had no sons; of Kish - the sons of Kish, Jerameel; and, the sons of Mushi, Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth. These, were the sons of the Levites, belonging to their ancestral house. Moreover, they also, cast lots along with their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king and Zadok and Ahimelech, and the ancestral chiefs, pertaining to the priests and to the Levites, the ancestral chief along with his younger brethren.
Then did the king command Jerahmeel son of the king, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to fetch Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet, - but Yahweh had hid them.