Jerijah (also known as Jerijah from Hebron) was a Levite of the Hebronite clan who served under King David. He was appointed head of the Hebronites and given responsibility for important administrative and religious tasks on both sides of the Jordan.
31Of the Hebronites: Jerijah was chief, according to the genealogies of the Hebronites by their families. In the fortieth year of David's reign a search was made, and men of great ability were found among them at Jazer in Gilead.
31Of the Hebronites: Jerijah was chief, according to the genealogies of the Hebronites by their families. In the fortieth year of David's reign a search was made, and men of great ability were found among them at Jazer in Gilead.
32His relatives, capable men, numbered two thousand seven hundred heads of families. King David put them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter concerning God and for the affairs of the king.
King David appointed Jerijah and his brothers, 2,700 capable men, over the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to oversee all matters concerning God and the king.
30Of the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives—one thousand seven hundred capable men—had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan, for all the work of the LORD and the service of the king.
31Of the Hebronites: Jerijah was chief, according to the genealogies of the Hebronites by their families. In the fortieth year of David's reign a search was made, and men of great ability were found among them at Jazer in Gilead.
32His relatives, capable men, numbered two thousand seven hundred heads of families. King David put them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter concerning God and for the affairs of the king.
The Hebronites were mustered and registered in the fortieth year of David's reign, and Jerijah led a significant group responsible for religious and civil affairs.
As part of David's organization of the Levitical service, Jerijah and his relatives were counted as the first among the sons of Hebron and given specific duties.
23The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. [^fn]
[^fn]: The Hebrew text here reads simply "and the sons of, Jeriah..."; the name Hebron is supplied from the parallel list of Levite families.