Jether (
Hebrew: יֶ֣תֶר) is a
name mentioned several times in the
Hebrew Bible. It means "surplus" or "excellence".
The father-in-law of
Moses (
Exodus 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere
Jethro or Jothor.[1]
The oldest of
Gideon's seventy sons, who was asked to kill the
Midianite kings
Zebah and Zalmunna who had been captured by Gideon. Being still young at the time, he did not have the confidence to carry out his father's request, so Zebah and Zalmunna called on Gideon to perform the deed himself (
Judges 8:20–21). The
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges suggests that the task might have been an opportunity for Gideon "to bestow an honour upon his son" or to "humiliate these famous warriors" and notes
William Robertson Smith's comparison with
Exodus 24:5, where young men of the children of Israel were to make the sacrificial offerings.[2]
The father of
Amasa,
David's general (1
Kings 2:5, 32); called
Ithra (2 Sam. 17:25).
Jether (
Hebrew: יֶ֣תֶר) is a
name mentioned several times in the
Hebrew Bible. It means "surplus" or "excellence".
The father-in-law of
Moses (
Exodus 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere
Jethro or Jothor.[1]
The oldest of
Gideon's seventy sons, who was asked to kill the
Midianite kings
Zebah and Zalmunna who had been captured by Gideon. Being still young at the time, he did not have the confidence to carry out his father's request, so Zebah and Zalmunna called on Gideon to perform the deed himself (
Judges 8:20–21). The
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges suggests that the task might have been an opportunity for Gideon "to bestow an honour upon his son" or to "humiliate these famous warriors" and notes
William Robertson Smith's comparison with
Exodus 24:5, where young men of the children of Israel were to make the sacrificial offerings.[2]
The father of
Amasa,
David's general (1
Kings 2:5, 32); called
Ithra (2 Sam. 17:25).