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)