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A Benjaminite clan head in Jerusalem whose sons included Shamsherai and Athaliah
Jeroham was a Benjaminite clan leader who settled in Jerusalem after the return from exile. He appears in the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 8, listed among the chiefs of Benjamin whose descendants inhabited Jerusalem. His sons Shamsherai and Athaliah are recorded among his descendants in this post-exilic community record.
Saul's Own People Switched Sides
1 Chronicles 12:1-7Jeroham of Gedor is named here as the father of Joelah and Zebadiah — two warriors whose defection to David represents the final entry in this section's roll call of Benjaminite recruits.
The Founding Families of Jerusalem
1 Chronicles 8:14-28Jeroham is the fifth and final Benjaminite clan head in this section, his sons completing the list of family branches that converged on Jerusalem — the last name before the Chronicler's summary payoff line.
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