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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Jether (Ishmaelite living at the time of United Monarchy)

An Ishmaelite, by the record's own label, carrying a name several men shared. Exodus 4:18 uses it for Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, and Gideon's eldest son had it too, the boy too frightened to kill the captured Midianite kings.

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First, in plain English

An Ishmaelite, by the record's own label, carrying a name several men shared. Exodus 4:18 uses it for Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, and Gideon's eldest son had it too, the boy too frightened to kill the captured Midianite kings.

Who this is

Jether was a common name, borne by Gideon's eldest son, too frightened to execute the captured Midianite kings, and by an alternate name for Jethro, Moses's father-in-law.

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The word

H3500

Where it appears
  • Exodus 4:18
  • 1 Kings 2:5
  • 1 Kings 2:32
  • 1 Chronicles 2:17
  • 1 Chronicles 7:38

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