(another form of Jacob). The head of one of the families of Nethinim ( Ezra 2:45 ). A Levite who kept the gate of the temple after the return from Babylon ( 1 Chronicles 9:17 ; Ezra 2:42 ; Nehemiah 7:45 ). A descendant of David ( 1 Chronicles 3:24 ). These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
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