Jeshaiah

This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:

1. Hananiah’s son; the father of Rephaiah and a descendant of David through Zerubbabel’s line, who lived in postexilic Palestine (1 Chr 3:21).→ View encyclopedia entry

2. Jeduthun’s son and the leader of the eighth of 24 divisions of musicians trained for service in the sanctuary during David’s reign (1 Chr 25:3, 15).→ View encyclopedia entry

3. Rehabiah’s son and one of the Levites in charge of the temple treasury during David’s reign (1 Chr 26:25).→ View encyclopedia entry

4. Son of Athaliah from the house of Elam, who returned with Ezra to Judah following the Babylonian captivity (Ezr 8:7).→ View encyclopedia entry

5. Levite of the family of Merari, who returned with Ezra to Jerusalem after the exile (Ezr 8:19).→ View encyclopedia entry

6. Benjamite, Ithiel’s father, and an ancestor of Sallu. Sallu resettled in Jerusalem during the postexilic era (Neh 11:7).→ View encyclopedia entry

From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.

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