Jesiah

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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]

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