JEHIEL jĭ hī’ əl (יְחִיאֵ֣ל׃׀, meaning May El live). A personal name used of perhaps nine different men in the later historical materials.

1. A Levite in David’s time appointed among others to play a musical instrument as a part of the ministrations before the “ark of the Lord” (1 Chron 15:18, 20; 16:5).

2. A Gershonite Levite whose father was Ladan; among the many Levites whose former tabernacle duties were replaced by Temple duties (1 Chron 23:8; 29:8).

3. A son of Hachmoni who, along with David’s uncle, Jonathan, attended the king’s sons (1 Chron 27:32).

4. A son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah (1 Chron 21:2).

5. A son of Heman the singer of the time of Hezekiah (2 Chron 29:14). “Jehuel” is a variant with the vowel letter yod. He also was among those appointed by Hezekiah to staff the treasury of the Temple (31:13), to assist in the collecting, recording, and safekeeping of contributions, tithes, and other items.

6. One of three “chief officers” in the Temple during the reign of Josiah (2 Chron 35:8).

7. The father of Obadiah who was among those who came to Jerusalem from Babylon with Ezra (Ezra 8:9).

8. The father of Shechaniah in the time of Ezra who led a public confession concerning mixed marriages forbidden by the law (Ezra 10:2).

9. A priest who had taken a foreign woman as his wife but who agreed to divorce her and to offer a guilt offering on account of his sin (Ezra 10:21).

10. A person among the laity who followed the example of others who had taken foreign women as wives and who were influenced by Ezra that wrong had been done (Ezra 10:26).