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gift. (1.) A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (
2 Kings 11:18). (
2.) The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (
Matt. 1:15). (
3.) The father of Shephatiah (
Jer. 38:1)