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Jeshaiah
Deliverance of Jehovah. (1.) A Kohathite Levite, the father of Joram, of the family of Eliezer (1 Chr 26:25); called also Isshiah (1 Chr 24:21).
(2.) One of the sons of Jeduthum (1 Chr 25:3, 1 Chr 25:15).
(3.) One of the three sons of Hananiah (1 Chr 3:21).
(4.) Son of Athaliah (Ezra 8:7).
(5.) A Levite of the family of Merari (Ezra 8:19).
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
- Ezra 8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
- Ezra 8:19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
