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Person Old Testament

Jeush

Also known as Jeush =ESV, NIV; Jehush =KJV

Jeush, a Benjamite, was a son of Eleasah (or 'Eshek'). Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 8:39.

Why it matters. A descendant of Eleasah from the tribe of Benjamin

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Jeush

Jeush is briefly mentioned in 1Ch.8.39 as one of the sons of Eleasah (or 'Eshek'), a descendant of King Saul from the tribe of Benjamin. He is listed in the genealogy of Saul's family, which is given in the context of the Benjamite clans that settled in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Eleasah

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    8:39

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