Jashar

Jashar is a man living before Israel's monarchy. He is named in 2 verses of the Bible, first in Joshua 10:13.

Verses

Joshua

• Joshua 10:13
  And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 1:18
  (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.