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Jerahmeel; Jerahmeelites

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jē̇ - ra´mē̇ - el , jē̇ - ra´mē̇ - el - ı̄ts ( ירחמאל , yeraḥme'ēl , "may God have compassion!"):

(1) In 1 Chronicles 2:9 , 1 Chronicles 2:25 , 1 Chronicles 2:26 , 1 Chronicles 2:27 , 1 Chronicles 2:33 , 1 Chronicles 2:42 , he is described as the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah by Tamar his daughter-in-law (Gen 38). In 1 Samuel 27:10 is mentioned the neghebh of the Jerahmeelites ( הירחמאלי , ha -yeraḥ -me'ēlı̄ , a collective noun), the Revised Version (British and American) "the South of the Jerahmeelites." The latter is a tribal name in use probably before the proper name, above; their cities are mentioned in 1 Samuel 30:29 . Cheyne has radical views on Jerahmeel. See EB , under the word; also T. Witton Davies in Review of Theology and Philosophy , III, 689-708 (May, 1908); and Cheyne's replies in Hibbert Journal , VII, 132-51 (October, 1908), and Decline and Fall of the Kingdom of Judah .

(2) A M erarite Levite, son of Kish (1 Chronicles 24:29 ).

(3) "The king's son," the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version margin (Jeremiah 36:26 ). the Revised Version margin, the King James Version have "son of Hammelech," taking the word המּלך as a proper name. He was "probably a royal prince, one who had a king among his ancestors but not necessarily son of the ruling king; so Jeremiah 38:6; 1 Kings 22:26 ; especially Zephaniah 1:8 written at a time when the reigning king, Josiah, could not have had a grown-up 'son'" (Driver, Jeremiah , 224, note e ). Jerahmeel was with two others commanded by Jehoiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch.

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Jerahmeel; Jerahmeelites'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​j/jerahmeel-jerahmeelites.html. 1915.
 
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