Name of ten Israelites mentioned in the Bible.
1. Damascene servant of Abraham (Gen. 15:2). He is believed to be the eldest servant of Abraham’s household, the administrator of all his possessions (Gen. 24:2), and the one sent by Abraham to Mesopotamia to find a wife for his son Isaac (Gen. 24:3-56).
2. Second son of Moses by Sephora (Ex. 18:4; 1 Chr. 23:15). He remained with his grandfather Jethro until Moses returned from Egypt to lead Israel (Ex. 18:1-7). His descendants are recorded in 1 Chr. 23:17; 26:25-27.
3. A Benjaminite (1 Chr. 7:8).
4. One of the priests who, at the sound of the trumpets, accompanied the transport of the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24).
5. The chief of the tribe of Reuben in the time of David (1 Chr. 27:16).
6. A Judean prophet, son of Dodavahu, from Mareshah. He reproached Jehoshaphat for his alliance with Ahaziah (c. 854 B.C.) in forming a fleet for trade with Ophir, predicting the ruin of the enterprise (2 Chr. 20:35-37). Jehoshaphat therefore refused to repeat the attempt, as Ahaziah proposed (1 Kgs. 22:50).
7. One of the Judean leaders commissioned by Ezra to recruit temple servants from a colony in Babylon (Ezra 8:16-20).
8. A priest and Levite who repudiated foreign marriages after the return from exile (Ezra 10:18, 23).
9. Son of Zichri (Neh. 10:23).
10. Son of Harsha, ancestor of Jesus (Ezra 10:31; Luke 3:29).