Jahath (2 Chronicles 34:12)
The name Jahath means “broken in pieces; descending.” Jahath is mentioned in 1 verse of the Bible, first in 2 Chronicles 34:12.
Who was Jahath?
A Levite of the family of Merari, one of the overseers of the repairs of the temple under Josiah (2 Chr. 34:12).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Jahath
- 2 Chronicles 34:12
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.