Janai was a head in the tribe of Gad who lived in Bashan. He is mentioned in the genealogies of the books of Chronicles as one of the leaders in the tribe of Gad, a tribe that settled east of the Jordan.
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Mentioned in the genealogy of Gad
Janai is listed among the heads of the tribe of Gad in the official genealogy in 1 Chronicles.
Janai belonged to the tribe of Gad, which settled in the Bashan region east of the Jordan, a fertile land area assigned to the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
The genealogical record where Janai is mentioned was kept during the time of Judah's king Jotham and Israel's king Jeroboam II, placing him in this period.