NETHANEEL*, NETHANEL

Common OT name spelled Nethaneel in the kjv.

1. Zuar’s son and the prince of Issachar’s tribe at the start of Israel’s wilderness wanderings (Nm 1:8; 2:5; 10:15), who represented his kinsmen at the altar’s dedication (7:18, 23).

2. Judahite, the fourth son of Jesse and David’s brother (1 Chr 2:14).

3. One of the priests assigned to blow a trumpet before the ark in the procession led by David when the ark was moved to Jerusalem (1 Chr 15:24).

4. Levite and the father of Shemaiah, the scribe who recorded the 24 divisions of priests founded during David’s reign (1 Chr 24:6).

5. Korahite Levite and Obed-edom’s fifth son in David’s reign (1 Chr 26:4).

6. One of the princes sent by King Jehoshaphat to teach the law in the cities of Judah (2 Chr 17:7).

7. One of the Levitical chiefs who generously gave animals to the Levites for the celebration of the Passover feast during King Josiah’s reign (2 Chr 35:9).

8. Priest and one of Pashhur’s six sons who was encouraged by Ezra to divorce his foreign wife during the postexilic era (Ezr 10:22).

9. Head of Jedaiah’s priestly family during the days of Joiakim, the high priest, in postexilic Jerusalem (Neh 12:21).

10. One of the priestly musicians who performed at the dedication of the Jerusalem wall during Nehemiah’s day (Neh 12:36).