Jahdiel was one of the heads of the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. He is mentioned in 1 Chronicles as a brave warrior and a well-known family leader among his people. He belonged to the tribes that were later led into exile by the king of Assyria because of unfaithfulness to God.
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Mentioned as a family head in the tribe of Manasseh
Jahdiel is listed as one of the family heads in the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, known as a brave warrior.
24These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel—mighty warriors, men of renown, heads of their fathers' houses.
24These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel—mighty warriors, men of renown, heads of their fathers' houses.
The eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, including Jahdiel's people, were unfaithful to the God of their fathers and practiced idolatry with the peoples of the land.
25But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away—the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh—bringing them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, where they remain to this day.
As a result of the tribe's unfaithfulness, God allowed the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser to lead them into exile, including the half-tribe of Manasseh.
26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away—the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh—bringing them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, where they remain to this day.