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946 articles found for “son of Joseph”

• Issachar

  [People]

  Issachar was a son of Jacob and Leah. His name became the name of the tribe of Issachar, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Jerahmeel

  [People]

  Jerahmeel was the firstborn son of Hezron of the tribe of Judah; his descendants are recorded at length in the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 2. The Jerahmeelites, regarded as his descendants, also appear in 1 Samuel.

• Jether

  [People]

  Jether was the firstborn son of the judge Gideon. In Judges 8 he appears as a youth whom his father commanded to kill Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, but who did not draw his sword because he was young and afraid.

• Tubal

  [People]

  Tubal was the fifth son of Japheth, the son of Noah, and appears by name only in the genealogies of Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1. In the prophetic books, Tubal is paired with Meshech as the name of a northern people or region.

• Irad

  [People]

  Irad is a figure in the genealogy of Cain in Genesis 4. He was the son of Enoch, the son of Cain, and the father of Mehujael. His name appears only once in the Bible, in Genesis 4:18.

• Genubath

  [People]

  Genubath was the son of Hadad, a member of the Edomite royal house, and the sister of Tahpenes, queen of Egypt. He is mentioned only once, in 1 Kings 11:20, which records that he was raised in Pharaoh's household among Pharaoh's sons.

• Achbor

  [People]

  Achbor was an official under King Josiah of Judah and a member of the delegation sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire about the book of the law found in the temple. The same name also belongs to the father of Baal-hanan, a king of Edom.

• Eliasaph

  [People]

  Eliasaph is a name found in the Book of Numbers that refers to two men of the wilderness period: the chief of the tribe of Gad (son of Deuel) and the chief of the Gershonite clan of the tribe of Levi (son of Lael).

• Kore

  [People]

  Kore was a Levite, the son of Imnah, who served during the reign of King Hezekiah of the southern kingdom of Judah. He was gatekeeper of the east gate of the temple and was placed in charge of distributing the freewill offerings and the most holy things (2 Chronicles 31:14).

• Nepheg

  [People]

  Nepheg is a Levite mentioned in Exodus 6:21. He was a son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, and a brother of Korah and Zichri. Scripture records only his name.

• Gaal

  [People]

  Gaal, the son of Ebed, appears in Judges 9. He incited the men of Shechem to rise against Abimelech but was defeated in battle and driven out of Shechem.

• Neriah

  [People]

  Neriah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah. He was the son of Maaseiah and the father of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, and of Seraiah, an official of King Zedekiah.

• Nahath

  [People]

  Nahath was a son of Reuel, the son of Esau, and is recorded in Genesis 36 as one of the chiefs of Edom.

• Nethaniah

  [People]

  Nethaniah was the son of Elishama, a member of the royal family in the final years of the kingdom of Judah. He was the father of Ishmael, who assassinated Gedaliah, the governor appointed by Babylon. Scripture mentions him only in connection with his son's name.

• Dathan

  [People]

  Dathan, a son of Eliab of the tribe of Reuben, appears in the Book of Numbers. With his brother Abiram and the Levite Korah, he rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, and the earth opened and swallowed him and his household.

• Tiras

  [People]

  Tiras was a grandson of Noah and a son of Japheth. His name appears only in the genealogies of Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1, and nothing is recorded about his life.

• Meremoth

  [People]

  Meremoth was a priest who served in Jerusalem after the return from exile. The son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, he received the temple silver and gold that Ezra brought, and in Nehemiah's time he repaired two sections of the city wall.

• Meshullam

  [People]

  Meshullam is a man in Nehemiah 3 of the Old Testament who took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Several other people with the same name appear in 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah.

• Libni

  [People]

  Libni was an Old Testament figure, a grandson of Levi and the firstborn son of Gershon, who became the ancestor of the Libnite family among the Levites.

• Molid

  [People]

  Molid is a figure in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 2. He was the son of Abishur, a descendant of Jerahmeel, and Abishur's wife Abihail, and the brother of Ahban.