Jashen

Ja’shen. (sleeping). Bene-Jashen, (that is, sons of Jashen), are named in the catalogue of the heroes, of David’s guard in 2Sa 23:32. (B.C. 1046).

2Sa 23:32; but in 1Ch 11:34 HASHEM ("the Name"’ used by Othordox Jews instead of uttering the ineffable name of Yahweh.) Kennicott reads, "of the sons of Hashem, Gouni; Jonathan the son of Shamha."

[Ja’shen]

Father of one of David’s valiant men. 2Sa 23:32.

JASHEN.—The sons of Jashen are mentioned in the list of David’s heroes given in 2Sa 23:32. In the parallel list (1Ch 11:34) they appear as the sons of Hashem, who is further described as the Gizonite (wh. see).

jā´shen, jash´en (ישׁן, yāshēn, “asleep”(?)): Seemingly the father of some of David s thirty valiant men (2Sa 23:32 f). The Massoretic Text reads “Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, Shammah the Hararite,...” 1Ch 11:33 has Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite ...” It is clear that “sons of” are a dittography of the last three consonants of the previous word. Septuagint, Lucian in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles has ὁ Γουνί, ho Gounı́, “the Gunite,” for “the Gizonite,” perhaps correctly (compare Gen 46:24; Num 26:48 for “Guni,” “Gunite”). So 2Sa 23:32 may be corrected thus: “Eliahba the Shaalbonite, Jashen the Gunite, Jonathan the son of Shammah the Hararite.” Jashen then becomes one of the thirty = “Hashem” of 1Ch 11:34.