People of the Bible · Tribe of Benjamin

Jediael, son of Benjamin

The name Jediael means “the science, or knowledge, of God.” Jediael is mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, first in 1 Chronicles 7:6.

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Who was Jediael?

One of the sons of Benjamin, whose descendants numbered 17,200 warriors (1 Chr. 7:6, 10, 11).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Jediael

  • 1 Chronicles 7:6

    The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:10

    The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:11

    All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

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