Jesiah (also Ishiah , Ishijah , Isshiah, Isshijah, Jeshaiah ) is a name found in the Bible .[ 1] The Hebrew form of the name is yishshayah (in one case yishshayahu ), meaning "man of Jah ."[ 2] The Bible contains five figures by this name.[ 2]
Jesiah son of Izrahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Tola, son of Issachar , found in a genealogy of the Tribe of Issachar .[ 3]
Jesiah, a Korahite and member of the Tribe of Benjamin , listed among the warriors who came to David at Ziklag .[ 4]
Jesiah, leader of the "sons of Rehabiah," a Levite in the time of David.[ 5]
Jesiah, son of Uzziel, son of Kohath, son of Levi . This Jesiah is recorded as being the father of Zechariah.[ 6]
Jesiah, one of the "descendants of Harim," found in a list of men who took foreign wives in the time of Nehemiah .[ 7]
^ On all the various forms of the name, see T. K. Cheyne; J. Sutherland Black, eds. (1901) [1899]. "Isshiah". Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible . Vol. 2, E–K. New York: The Macmillan Company.
^ a b T. K. Cheyne; J. Sutherland Black, eds. (1901) [1899]. "Isshiah". Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible . Vol. 2, E–K. New York: The Macmillan Company.
^ 1 Chronicles 7:1–3
^ 1 Chronicles 12:1–6
^ 1 Chronicles 24:21, 26:25
^ 1 Chronicles 23:20, 12, 6 . 1 Chronicles 24:25 .
^ Ezra 10:31