Jesiah

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Jesiah (also Ishiah, Ishijah, Isshiah, Isshijah, Jeshaiah) is a name found in the Bible. The Hebrew form of the name is yishshayah (in one case yishshayahu), meaning "man of Jah." The Bible contains five figures by this name.

  • Jesiah son of Izrahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Tola, son of Issachar, found in a genealogy of the Tribe of Issachar.
  • Jesiah, a Korahite and member of the Tribe of Benjamin, listed among the warriors who came to David at Ziklag.
  • Jesiah, leader of the "sons of Rehabiah," a Levite in the time of David.
  • Jesiah, son of Uzziel, son of Kohath, son of Levi. This Jesiah is recorded as being the father of Zechariah.
  • Jesiah, one of the "descendants of Harim," found in a list of men who took foreign wives in the time of Nehemiah.

References

References

  1. (1901). "Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible". The Macmillan Company.
  2. (1901). "Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible". The Macmillan Company.
  3. {{bibleverse. 1 Chronicles. 7:1-3. NKJV
  4. {{bibleverse. 1 Chronicles. 12:1-6. NKJV
  5. {{bibleverse. 1 Chronicles. 24:21, 26:25. NKJV
  6. {{bibleverse. 1 Chronicles. 23:20, 12, 6. NKJV. {{bibleverse. 1 Chronicles. 24:25. NKJV.
  7. {{bibleverse. Ezra. 10:31. NKJV

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