jē´ush ( יעוּשׁ , ye‛ūsh , probably "he protects," "he comes to help"; see HPN , 109; Kethibh is יעישׁ , ye‛ı̄sh , in Genesis 36:5 , Genesis 36:14; 1 Chronicles 7:10 ): (1) A "son" of Esau (Genesis 36:5 , Genesis 36:14 , Genesis 36:18; 1 Chronicles 1:35 ). "The name is thought by some to be identical with that, of an Arabian lion-god Yaġuṯ ..., meaning 'helper,' whose antiquity is vouched for by inscriptions of Thamud" (Skinner, Gen , 432). (2) A B enjamite (1 Chronicles 7:10 ), but probably a Zebulunite. See Curtis, Chronicles, 145 ff. (3) A descendant of King Saul, the King James Version "Jehush" (1 Chronicles 8:39 ). (4) A G ershonite Levite (1 Chronicles 23:10 , 1 Chronicles 23:11 ). (5) A son of King Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:19 ).
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