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[most Jedi'ael] (Heb. Yedial', éְãַéòֲàֵì , known by God; Sept. É᾿áäéήë , Á᾿äéήë , É᾿åäéήë ), the name of at least three men.
1. One of the sons of Benjamin (1Ch_7:6), whose sons (1Ch_7:10) and descendants are enumerated as being 17,200 warriors in David's census (1Ch_7:11). He is, perhaps, the same elsewhere called ASHBEL (1Ch_8:1). SEE BENJAMIN; SEE JACOB.
2. A Shimrite (q.v.); one of David's famous bodyguard (1Ch_11:45); probably the Manassite of the same name who joined David's troop at Zikiag (1Ch_12:20). B.C. 1053-1046.
3. A Korhite of the Levitical family of Ebiasaph, second son of Meshelemiah, and one of the gate-keepers to the tabernacle or Temple (1Ch_26:2). B.C. 1014.